on the chopping block

:  to cut into or sever usually by repeated blows of a sharp instrument

:  to weed and thin out (young cotton)

:  to cut as if by chopping

:  a forceful usually slanting blow with or as if with an ax or cleaver

:  a sharp downward blow or stroke

:  a small cut of meat often including part of a rib — see lamb illustration

:  to change direction

:  to veer with or as if with wind

:  a seal or official stamp or its impression

:  a license validated by a seal

:  a mark on goods or coins to indicate nature or quality

:  a compact usually solid piece of substantial material especially when worked or altered to serve a particular purpose : such as

:  the piece of wood on which the neck of a person condemned to be beheaded is laid for execution

:  a mold or form on which articles are shaped or displayed

:  to make unsuitable for passage or progress by obstruction

:  blockade

:  to hinder the passage, progress, or accomplishment of by or as if by interposing an obstruction