Thesaurus / heave-ho
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The door banged shut behind him and I heard him at the foot of the stairs roaring "Ho-ho-there-ho!"
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDHe watched her, saw the little body heave down its entire length, noted the small convulsive movements of it.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThe men did “hold on” most powerfully; they did more, they hauled upon the rope, hand over hand, to a “Yo-heave-ho!”
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEThe man roared furiously, and gave a convulsive heave that almost upset myself and the big chair, and disengaged the key!
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNENo man on board knew when the sea might come which would heave her down, and they watched grimly as the gallant craft tore on.
THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMANThe sailors who had been lounging about the deck sprang up and looked eagerly across the waves, as the cheerful "Sail-ho!"
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUSNot another man stood on his feet, but the deck was strewn with the dead, whose bodies rolled about at every heave of the waves.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUSShe slipped her arms about his neck, and he felt her breast shaken with the heave of agitated breaths.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONThen Crozier called with a great, cheery voice—what Mona used to call his tally-ho voice.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERAnd p. 48 epeid per ho ts lichanou topos eis apeirous temnetai tomas.
THE MODES OF ANCIENT GREEK MUSICDAVID BINNING MONROWORDS RELATED TO HEAVE-HO
- abolishing
- clearing
- delivering
- disabusing
- disburdening
- disembarrassing
- disencumbering
- dumping
- ejecting
- eliminating
- eradicating
- expelling
- exterminating
- extinguishing
- extirpating
- firing
- giving the brush
- heave-hoing
- junking
- kissing goodbye
- liberating
- making free
- purging
- releasing
- relieving
- removing
- rousting
- scrapping
- sending packing
- shaking off
- shedding
- throwing away
- throwing out
- tossing out
- unburdening
- unloading
- uprooting
- abeyance
- abeyancy
- adjournment
- break
- breather
- breathing spell
- cessation
- coffee break
- concluding
- conclusion
- cutoff
- deferment
- disbarment
- discontinuation
- discontinuing
- doldrums
- dormancy
- downtime
- end
- ending
- finish
- five
- freeze
- halt
- heave-ho
- intermission
- interruption
- latency
- layoff
- letup
- moratorium
- pause
- period
- postponement
- quiescence
- quiescency
- remission
- respite
- stay
- stoppage
- suspense
- ten
- termination
- time-out
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