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TAKE THE QUIZ“the ax”
The following 2 entries include the term the ax.
escape the ax
idiom: to avoid being ended, eliminated, reduced, etc.
give (someone) the ax
idiom: to dismiss (someone) from a job : to fire (someone)
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