heave-ho
Unceremonious swift dismissal
Heave-ho is a sailors' cry coordinating group effort when hauling ropes or anchors—everyone pulls on "ho." The phrase now means forcible ejection or dismissal: They gave him the old heave-ho after the scandal.
Getting the heave-ho is being thrown out, fired, or dumped.
Forced departure from rental
- banishmentForced removal from place
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- oustingForcible removal from position
removal · ejection · displacement · excommunication · purge · dislodgement · uprooting · defenestration
Pull or carry laboriously
eviction
Forced departure from rental
- banishmentForced removal from place
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
ousting · removal · ejection · displacement · excommunication · purge · dislodgement · uprooting · defenestration · blackballing
haul
Pull or carry laboriously
lift · strain · drag · heft · yank · shove · lug · tow · wrench · grunt
fired
Terminated from employment
axed · canned · terminated · laid-off · discharged · expelled · ejected · bounced · dumped
yo-ho-ho
Pirate song refrain
- one-two-threeFirst three integers
- pullForce toward oneself
- hoistRaise with tackle
- work songswork song, sea shanty, chantey, call and response, hollers
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- coupscoup d'etat, overthrow, coup attempt, soft coup, failed coup
- expulsionsejection, ousting, expelling, forcing out, eviction
- sea shantiesDrunken Sailor, shanties, sea shanties, Rio Grande, South Australia
heave-howelcome
Hospitable greeting offered
hiring · employment · retention · acceptance · admission
heave-hofond farewell
Affectionate parting expression
honorable discharge · retirement party · gold watch · graceful exit
heave-hobeginning
Initial stage of something
commencement · start · inauguration · initiation · debut