give the axe

1. Terminate the employment of;
   Discharge from an office or position (synset 202407967)
   "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
   is a type of: remove - remove from a position or an office
   subtypes:

   • retire - make (someone) retire
   • pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension
   • clean out - force out
   • furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons
   • squeeze out - force out
   • dismiss, drop, send away, send packing - stop associating with
   same as: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
2. Terminate a relationship abruptly (synset 200354293)
   "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"
   is a type of: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
   same as: give the bounce, give the gate

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