get the chop
idiom
British, informal
: to lose one's job : be fired or laid off
The employees with less experience got the chop.
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James, Eliminated Episode 5 When the first elimination of the season rolled around, James was, unfortunately, the cook to get the chop.
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Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 3 July 2024
Today, with jobs plentiful and stocks relatively buoyant, signs of thrift remain scarce, but even affordable luxuries get the chop when household budgets are squeezed.
—Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
But DeJa’s embodiment of the song edged her out just enough to earn her place back, leaving Daya Betty to get the chop.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2022
After becoming the second member of Group C to get the chop, the lovable monster used his eight hands to unmask himself, revealing comedian and Full House star Bob Saget (as EW had predicted).
—Andrea Towers, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2021
The investment banking business, the biggest drag during the global financial crisis, would get the chop.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020
Only the senescent ones get the chop.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2011
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Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 3 July 2024
Today, with jobs plentiful and stocks relatively buoyant, signs of thrift remain scarce, but even affordable luxuries get the chop when household budgets are squeezed.
—Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
But DeJa’s embodiment of the song edged her out just enough to earn her place back, leaving Daya Betty to get the chop.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2022
After becoming the second member of Group C to get the chop, the lovable monster used his eight hands to unmask himself, revealing comedian and Full House star Bob Saget (as EW had predicted).
—Andrea Towers, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2021
The investment banking business, the biggest drag during the global financial crisis, would get the chop.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020
Only the senescent ones get the chop.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2011
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