old heave-ho
Example Sentences
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So they gave their once beloved leader the old heave-ho.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022
I fear that there’s no denying, In your mouth I might be dying; Please give me the old heave-ho; Let me go, let me go, let me go!
From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021
I’ll give ’em the old heave-ho — Let ’em go, let ’em go, let ’em go!
From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2019
I'll give 'em the old heave-ho; Let 'em go, let 'em go, let 'em go.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2018
They go on to point out that there is already an Australian precedent for changing horses in mid-stream: "In 1971, Bill Lawry was given the old heave-ho and Ian Chappell was installed."
From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2010
