heave in sight

To move or rise in view, especially from a distance. We had been walking for hours in the barren desert when finally a small town heaved in sight. The governor's mansion heaved in sight as we drove up the road.

heave in(to) sight

Fig. to move into sight in the distance. As the fog cleared, a huge ship heaved into sight. After many days of sailing, land finally heaved in sight.

heave in sight (or into view)

come into view. informal

Heave meaning ‘rise up, as on the swell of a wave’ occurs in several nautical expressions; here the allusion is to the way that objects appear to rise up over the horizon at sea. The past form of heave in this sense is hove , but because most English-speakers are completely unfamiliar with the verb in its literal usage, hove is often used as a present form (and a new past form, hoved , is created from it).

词组	heave in sight
释义	heave in sight heave in sight To move or rise in view, especially from a distance. We had been walking for hours in the barren desert when finally a small town heaved in sight. The governor's mansion heaved in sight as we drove up the road. See also: heave, sight Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. heave in(to) sight Fig. to move into sight in the distance. As the fog cleared, a huge ship heaved into sight. After many days of sailing, land finally heaved in sight. See also: heave, sight McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. heave in sight (or into view) come into view. informal Heave meaning ‘rise up, as on the swell of a wave’ occurs in several nautical expressions; here the allusion is to the way that objects appear to rise up over the horizon at sea. The past form of heave in this sense is hove , but because most English-speakers are completely unfamiliar with the verb in its literal usage, hove is often used as a present form (and a new past form, hoved , is created from it). See also: heave, sight Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: heave into heave into sight heave into view flash into view a sight fade from view do something on sight on sight be (with)in sight be in/within sight References in periodicals archive From the brochure of a Tokyo car rental firm: "When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Carol Vorderman's Internet Column: www.our.favourite
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