get the axe

get the axe
To be fired, axed, terminated.

Everyones worried; two employees have gotten the axe so far this week, and no one knows why.


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  • get the axe — get/be given the axe ► if employees, services, etc. get the axe or are given the axe, a decision is made to get rid of them: »A planned expansion of Wyoming health programs could get the ax next year. Main Entry: ↑axe …   Financial and business terms

  • get the axe — If you get the axe, you lose your job.  ( Get the ax is the American spelling.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • get the axe — 1. if a person gets the axe, they lose their job. Senior staff are more likely to get the axe because the company can t afford their high salaries. 2. if a plan or a service gets the axe, it is stopped. My research project was the first thing to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • get the axe —    If someone gets the axe, they lose their job.     When a company is restructured, the senior staff are often the first to get the axe …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • get\ the\ axe — • get the ax(e) • get the boot • get the gate • get the sack v. phr. slang 1. To be fired from a job. Poor Joe got the ax at the office yesterday. See: get the bounce(2) 2. To be dismissed from school for improper conduct, such as cheating. Joe… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get the axe — быть уволенным Нenry got the axe when he arrived late for work three days in succession …   Idioms and examples

  • get the axe — (Slang) get fired, get dismissed from a job …   English contemporary dictionary

  • get/be given the axe — ► if employees, services, etc. get the axe or are given the axe, a decision is made to get rid of them: »A planned expansion of Wyoming health programs could get the ax next year. Main Entry: ↑axe …   Financial and business terms

  • get\ the\ bounce — • get the bounce • get the gate v. phr. slang 1. • get the air To lose one s sweetheart; not be kept for a friend or lover. Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl. Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her boyfriend if she… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get\ the\ gate — • get the bounce • get the gate v. phr. slang 1. • get the air To lose one s sweetheart; not be kept for a friend or lover. Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl. Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her boyfriend if she… …   Словарь американских идиом

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