give+up+the+job

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• give (someone) the (old) heave ho — informal to make someone leave a job, or to end your relationship with someone. When sales fell, most of the staff were given the old heave ho. (usually passive) …   New idioms dictionary

• give someone the sack — give (someone) the sack get the sack to be told to leave your job. After only 2 weeks she was given the sack for being rude to a customer …   New idioms dictionary

• give someone the shaft — give (someone) the shaft American, informal get the shaft if someone gets the shaft, they are not treated in a fair way. They gave him the shaft he lost his job for no reason at all …   New idioms dictionary

• give someone the chop — give (someone) the chop Brit informal : to take someone s job away His boss gave him the chop. [=his boss fired him; his boss gave him the ax] • • • Main Entry: ↑chop …   Useful english dictionary

• give sb the push — ► UK INFORMAL WORKPLACE, HR to tell someone that they no longer have a job, especially because they have done something wrong: »I have no idea why they gave me the push. Main Entry: ↑push …   Financial and business terms

• give someone the ax — give (someone) the ax informal : to dismiss (someone) from a job : to fire (someone) His boss gave him the ax. • • • Main Entry: ↑ax …   Useful english dictionary

• give somebody the (old) heave-ho — give sb the (old) heave ˈho idiom (informal) to dismiss sb from their job; to end a relationship with sb Main entry: ↑heave hoidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• give up the ghost —    to die    The ghost is the spirit which you surrender to heaven, or as the case may be, when it leaves the body:     Man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost. (Job 14:10)    There are many obsolete dialect phrases indicating… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• give someone the nod — 1. tv. to signal someone by nodding. (Not slang.) □ I gave Pete the nod, and he started the procedure. □ Just give me the nod when you are ready. 2. tv. to choose someone. (See lso get the nod.) □ The committee gave Frank the nod for the job …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• give someone the push — ► get (or give someone) the push Brit. informal 1) be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job. 2) be rejected in (or end) a relationship. Main Entry: ↑push …   English terms dictionary

• Give smth. the flick — give up an activity, job, etc. (rhyming slang flick pass = arse ) …   Dictionary of Australian slang