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  • 31get the gate — ► get (or be given) the gate N. Amer. informal be dismissed from a job. Main Entry: ↑gate …

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  • 32get the push — ► get (or give someone) the push Brit. informal 1) be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job. 2) be rejected in (or end) a relationship. Main Entry: ↑push …

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  • 33get the gate — get (or be given) the gate informal be dismissed from a job …

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  • 34Get the foreman's job — take a white collar job as in management, politics, etc., such usually regarded as a betrayal of a working class background (from the rhyme the working class can kiss my arse, I ve got the foreman s job at last , often sung to the tune of The Red …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 35get the foreman's job — Australian Slang take a white collar job as in management, politics, etc., such usually regarded as a betrayal of a working class background (from the rhyme the working class can kiss my arse, I ve got the foreman s job at last , often sung to… …

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  • 36get the sack — Meaning To be dismissed from a job. Origin From the days when tradesmen owned their tools and, when dismissed from their job, took them with them in a bag or sack …

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  • 37get the axe — (Slang) get fired, get dismissed from a job …

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  • 38get the hook — phrasal : to be removed or discharged * * * get (or give someone) the hook informal be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job …

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  • 39get the ax — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be fired from a job. * /Poor Joe got the ax at the office yesterday./ 2. To be dismissed from school for improper conduct, such as cheating. * /Joe got caught cheating on his final exam and he got the ax./ 3. To have a… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 40get the ax — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be fired from a job. * /Poor Joe got the ax at the office yesterday./ 2. To be dismissed from school for improper conduct, such as cheating. * /Joe got caught cheating on his final exam and he got the ax./ 3. To have a… …

    Dictionary of American idioms