单词 | to get the push |
释义 | > as lemmasto get the push e. colloquial. to give (a person) the push: to throw out or dismiss, esp. from a job; to reject in a relationship. to get the push and variants: to be thrown out, dismissed, or rejected. Cf. boot n.3 1c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > unceremoniously to send packingc1450 trussa1500 to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one's ear1577 to set packing1577 pack1589 ship1594 to send away with a fly in one's ear1606 to give a packing penny to1609 to pack off1693 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 to send about one's business1728 trundle1794 to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1816 bundle1823 to give the bucket to1863 shake1872 to give (a person) the finger1874 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (someone or something) the chuck1888 to give (someone) the gate1918 to get the (big) bird1924 to tie a can to (or on)1926 to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes1938 to give (someone) the Lonsdale1958 c1886 F. Gilbert I'll say no more to Mary Ann 5 The girl that stole my heart has given me the ‘Push’. 1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xx. 93 She was always taking on new ones, for you got the push in a year or two, arter you got too big. 1923 T. E. Lawrence Let. 23 Mar. (1938) 404 Nothing else showed up, after I got the push from the R.A.F. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise ix. 158 He told me to string him along. And afterwards..to give him the push. 1968 ‘P. Hobson’ Titty's Dead xv. 155 His landlady's given him the push. 1976 S. Barstow Right True End iii. xiv. 209 ‘Hedley Graham has started a month's notice.’ ‘You don't mean he's..?’ ‘Got the push? No. He gave Maurice Kendall his resignation on Friday.’ 1989 A. Fine Goggle-eyes (1990) ii. 15 Mum's had boyfriends before, of course... For a long time it was Simon... Then Simon got the push, I'm not sure why, but I suspect he was too wet for Mum. 2002 L. Purves Radio (2003) xii. 173 We..promised to throw ourselves under the Director-General's car..if they dared give him the push. < as lemmas |
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