Definition of give the axe Give the axe
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| give the axe - terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman" | ||
| give the bounce, give the gate | ||
| split up, part, split, separate, break up, break divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" | ||
| give the axe - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" | ||
| displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | ||
| employ, hire, engage engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" | ||
| remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| pension off let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" | ||
| clean out empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers" | ||
| furlough, lay off grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children" | ||
| squeeze out force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" | ||
| send packing, send away, dismiss, drop bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" | ||
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