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“the chop”

The following 3 entries include the term the chop.

for the chop

idiom

used to say that someone is going to lose a job or that something is being stopped or canceled or eliminated

get the chop

idiom

: to lose one's job : be fired or laid off

give (someone) the chop

idiom

: to take someone's job away


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