Definition of "heave-ho" []

• Slang Dismissal from one's job or from one's position: got the heave-ho in a very unceremonious manner; gave the employee the old heave-ho. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I have been banned by Kate McMillan (for the crime of quoting some of her commenters), warned off by Mick Hartley (for defending Terry Eagleton too vigorously), and given a prompt heave-ho by Terry Glavin (who brooks no dissent of any kind at his place, as others will attest)."
• "I think after-school programs should give apple juice the heave-ho for another reason: It's ruining our kids' eating habits."
• "Didn't Heavey give the heave-ho to internet journalism?"