(informal) gets rid of (something). A variation of give the (
old) heave-ho (from the 16th century sailors' cry of heave and ho when hauling). He gives it the
yo-heave and he quite commonly, amongst his brethren who are in the know and part of a
lodge, develops a
short-circuited
slang-
type nomenclature to describe what he is.
- Studying Data Assimilation (9 July 64)