All heave-ho synonyms
heave-ho
H h verb heave-ho
- do away with β from this or that place; off: to go away.
- oust β to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- dislodge β to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- dispossess β to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- chase β If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
- resist β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- repel β to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- overthrow β to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
- put down β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- rebuff β a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
- ward off β a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- unload β to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
- clear β Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- relieve β to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- purge β to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- liberate β to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- bounce β When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- out β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- rebut β to refute by evidence or argument.
- nix β nothing.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- shed β Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- dump β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- disembarrass β to disentangle or extricate from something troublesome, embarrassing, or the like.
- scrap β a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- deliver β If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there.
- junk β narcotics, especially heroin.
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- fire β combustion
- disabuse β to free (a person) from deception or error.
- disencumber β to free from a burden or other encumbrance; disburden.
- release β to lease again.
noun heave-ho
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- interruption β an act or instance of interrupting.
- layoff β the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stoppage β an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- period β a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- postponement β to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- freeze β to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- moratorium β a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
- termination β the act of terminating.
- removal β the act of removing.
- ouster β expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied: The opposition called for the ouster of the cabinet minister.
- banishment β Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.