get the push
idiom
British, informal
: to lose one's job : to be fired from one's job
The employees with less experience got the push.
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There aren’t any final decisions on which song will get the push by Netflix and Roc Nation, as there are 16 original tracks available for submission, but the Academy music branch has rules regarding how many names can be submitted per song (four) and the number of songs from a film (two).
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
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