get the axe

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get the axe

1. if a person gets the axe, they lose their job. Senior staff are more likely to get the axe because the company can't afford their high salaries.

2. if a plan or a service gets the axe, it is stopped. My research project was the first thing to be given the ax when the new boss took over.

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get somewhere
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get the ball rolling
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get the better of
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