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noun | verb axax1, axe /æks/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 a tool with a heavy metal blade on the end of a long handle, used to cut down trees or split pieces of wood2get the ax (also give somebody the ax) informal a)to be dismissed from your job, or to dismiss someone from his or her job: He had only been coaching for a year when he got the ax. b)to get rid of something such as a system, service, program, position in a company, etc., usually for financial reasons: The management has not yet said which plants will get the ax.3have an ax to grind disapproving to have a personal reason for doing something: I have no political ax to grind. noun | verb axax2, axe verb [transitive] informal VERB TABLEax |
Present | I, you, we, they | ax | | he, she, it | axes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | axed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have axed | | he, she, it | has axed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had axed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ax | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have axed |
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Present | I | am axing | | he, she, it | is axing | | you, we, they | are axing | Past | I, he, she, it | was axing | | you, we, they | were axing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been axing | | he, she, it | has been axing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been axing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be axing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been axing |
1to suddenly dismiss someone from his or her job: The nursing director says she was axed because the hospital couldn’t afford her salary.2to get rid of a system, service, program, position in a company, etc., usually for financial reasons: NBC axed the show after just three episodes. |