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heave to
verb
To come to a halt.
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First, let's review the Giants' end-of-the-half heave to Hakeem Nicks.
He needed a desperate heave to get it out of there.
Nehra charges in, and Peterson inside edges a heave to fine leg for four!
Pietersen's innings contained no switch-hitting, only an agricultural heave to long on before he was caught at mid-off.
They had to heave to for almost two days; imagine the huge waves and the misery in the bunks.
It took what Churchill called "one more heave" to defeat them in a second election, in October 1951.
Michael Lee's heave to Simien went perfectly and he spun for a good look at the basket.
Kansas hung on to beat Davidson after a buzzer-beater heave to win the game missed left for Wildcats.
Devin Harris provided it with a halfcourt heave to beat the buzzer that needed a long review before it counted.
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The slender and flexible lakers seek shelter or heave-to to survive these storms.
Shortly after the Japanese turned back Gromoboi and Rossia were forced to heave-to to make repairs.
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