Give The Axe (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

• Can
• Terminate
• Displace
• Dismiss
• Fire
• Force Out
• Sack
• Give The Sack
• Send Away
• Give Notice

Hypernyms

• Remove

Hyponyms

• Drop
• Lay Off
• Dismiss
• Send Packing
• Clean Out
• Retire
• Pension Off
• Furlough
• Squeeze Out
• Send Away

Meaning ²

Terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Give The Gate
• Give The Bounce

Hypernyms

• Break
• Split
• Split Up
• Part
• Break Up