get canned
get canned
To be summarily dismissed or ousted from employment; to be fired. The new accountant got canned after a miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tommy had been warned numerous times, so I'm not surprised he got canned after showing up late again today. I'm going to get canned if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault.
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