given the axe
Fired from work
Given the axe means fired or dismissed from a job, or cut from a team or project.
The image is of a swift, decisive blow that severs the connection: Half the department was given the axe in the restructuring.
The phrase can also describe ending a relationship or canceling a program: The network gave the show the axe after one season.
- cut looseRelease from restraint
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- layoffTermination without cause
- cancelledOfficially called off
- firedTerminated from employment
exit · hit the bricks · clearing out · hatchet · end of the road · downsized · severance · discontinued · ousted · redundant · nullified · marching orders · walking papers · dismissed · dropped · pink slip · kicked out · shown the door
given the axehired
Given employment
retained · taken on · brought on board · kept on · signed
given the axevalued
Held in high regard
celebrated · promoted · embraced · advanced · championed
give, gives, gave, giving, giver, givers, forgive, forgiven, forgiveness