give someone the old heave-ho

Meaning: (idiomatic,British)Alternative form ofgive someone the heave-ho.1947,Gleanings in Bee Culture v.75, A. I. Root Co., page467:Possibly a lot of them gained entry because there were so many other strange bees in the hive, but once they started to load up and run, the natives joined with the old ones andgave them the old heave-ho.1968, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., “Fortitude”, inPlayboy:Now I won't have to explain to her what sort of friend you really were and why Igave you the old heave-ho.1985, William M. Hoffman,As Is, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., published1999,→ISBN, page13:I think maybe that's why theygave me the old heave-hofrom the convent.1997, Linda Howard,Shades of Twilight, Simon and Schuster,→ISBN, page156:The least she could do was crawl back into her severely stylish shell, so she wouldn't look pitiful when hegave her the old heave-ho.2003, Garrison Flint,The Case of the Twisted Twins Murders: A Raymond Masters Mystery, G. F. Hutchison Press,→ISBN, page89:So, shegave him the old heave ho!

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