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Phrase(s): heave something up
1. Lit. to lift something up. • With a lot of effort, they heaved the heavy lid up. • The workers heaved up the huge boulder. 2. Fig. to vomit something up. • The dog heaved most of the cake up on the kitchen floor. • It heaved up the cake it had eaten.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs