the (old) heave-ho
Definition of the (old) heave-ho
informal
: the act of causing someone to leave a job, place, or relationship The team's coach gave him the heave-ho for missing practices. We got the old heave-ho when we couldn't pay the rent on our apartment.
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: dating from the remote past : ancient
: persisting from an earlier time
: of long standing
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