pink-slip

pink-slip
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal: ax, fire. Slang: boot1, bounce, can, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See KEEP.

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