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heave into sight



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Idioms and Phrases

Rise or seem to rise into view. For example, We waited and waited, and finally the rest of our party heaved into sight . This expression was at first used for ships rising over the horizon. [Late 1700s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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