got the chop
Lost the job
Got the chop means was dismissed, eliminated, or terminated.
In British usage, it typically refers to being fired from a job: Half the department got the chop in the restructuring.
It extends to anything cut or cancelled: The new TV series got the chop after three episodes.
The image is of an executioner's axe falling.
fired
Terminated from employment
let go · terminated · pink slip · redundant · downsized · discharged · dismissed · booted · ousted · canned
axed
Abruptly dismissed
killed · discontinued · dropped · shelved · terminated · pulled · ended · shuttered · abandoned · nixed
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated