Another word for ax

NOUN

The act of dismissing or the condition of being dismissed from employment
See also:
keep

VERB

To end the employment or service of
- sack
- can
- bounce
- boot
- pink-slip
- fire
- terminate
- release
- drop
- dismiss
- discharge
- cashier
Idiom:
show-someone-the-door
let-go
give someone the pink slip
give someone the gate
give someone the ax
give someone his or her walking papers

See also:
keep

Another word for ax

NOUN

- double-bitted ax
- single-bitted ax
- hand ax
- broadax
- cleaver
- pickax
- poleax
- battle-ax
- tomahawk
- mattock
- adz
- hatchet

Idioms

void

get the ax

- get-the-sack
- get-the-boot
- be let go
- be dropped from the payroll
- be discharged
- be dismissed
- be fired

have an ax to grind

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Another word for ax

Another word for ax

get the ax

have an ax to grind

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