give the axe

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verb

1. terminate the employment of;
discharge from an office or position
- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
• Syn:
displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss,
send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Ant:
hire (for: fire)
• Derivationally related forms:
sack (for: sack), sacking (for: sack), dismissible (for: dismiss), dismission (for: dismiss), dismissal (for: dismiss), firing (for: fire)
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Hyponyms:
retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off,
squeeze out, dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the sack)
- Somebody ----s PP
2. terminate a relationship abruptly
- Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman
• Syn:
give the bounce, give the gate
• Hypernyms:
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something