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two, six, heave

two, six, heave phrase: used to coordinate a pulling effort.

Phrase

two, six, heave

  1. Used to coordinate a pulling effort.

Origin of two, six, heave

Various theories with scant evidence; see Wikipedia.

Questions about two, six, heave

What does two, six, heave mean?
Two, six, heave means used to coordinate a pulling effort.
What part of speech is two, six, heave?
Two, six, heave is a phrase.

Words near two, six, heave in the dictionary

  1. two's company and three is none
  2. two's company, three's a crowd
  3. two's company, three's trumpery
  4. two's complement
  5. two's complements
  6. two, six, heave
  7. two-a-day
  8. two-a-days
  9. two-and-twenty
  10. two-armed
  11. two-bagger

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