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get the can

get the can

To be summarily dismissed or ousted from employment; to be fired. The new accountant got the can after a miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.
See also: can, get

get the can

see under get the ax.
See also: can, get

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bradley['brædli]
SamuelSAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English), sah-MWEL (Spanish), SAH-moo-el (Swedish, Finnish)English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Dani
KondratKAWN-drahtPolish (Archaic)
ReaganRAY-gənEnglish, Irish
ÁSta-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Mal'akhi-Biblical Hebrew
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