Idiom
give someone the old heave-ho
Meaning
Alternative form of give someone the heave-ho.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The boss gave him the old heave-ho after he arrived late again.”
“After the team lost ten games in a row, the owners decided to give the coach the old heave-ho.”
“Following the discovery of his repeated financial indiscretions, the board of directors promptly gave the chief executive the old heave-ho to protect the company's reputation.”
Examples
simple
“The boss gave him the old heave-ho after he arrived late again.”
contextual
“After the team lost ten games in a row, the owners decided to give the coach the old heave-ho.”
complex
“Following the discovery of his repeated financial indiscretions, the board of directors promptly gave the chief executive the old heave-ho to protect the company's reputation.”
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