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单词 get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
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get (or give someone) the push (or shove)

British informal
1Be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job: four PR people at head office are getting the push it’s hard to psych yourself up to get another job after you’ve been given the push...
  • John Smith, the £205,000 a year chief executive of the Post Office, is getting the push for not being ruthless enough.
  • Eisner's position is not all that secure, and if his going was the difference between the renewal of the Pixar deal, or the loss of the Pixar deal, then conceivably the board might give him the shove.
  • If he cannot back up such madness, and there isn't a hope in hell he will be able to, then Ladbrokes have to give him the shove.

Synonyms

throw out, remove, eject, expel, turn out, turf out, fling out, force out, drive out, evict, dislodge, oust;
dismiss, discharge
informal chuck out, kick out, send packing, boot out, defenestrate, give someone the boot, give someone their marching orders, throw someone out on their ear, show someone the door, sack, fire, give someone the (old) heave-ho
North American informal give someone the bum's rush
1.1Be rejected in (or end) a relationship.I just hoped Rebecca wouldn't give him the shove, like she does with most of the guys that showed interest in her....
  • As Gloria, his fiancée of five years who gets the push, Jessica Walker is a perfect screech, with a classic mother to match in Carol Wilson.
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