- give the ax
- {v. phr.}, {colloquial} 1. Abruptly to finish a relationship. * /She gave me the ax last night./ 2. To fire an employee in a curt manner. * /His boss gave John the ax last Friday./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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