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.

get the can

see under get the ax.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nagi	-	Arabic
Dane	DAYN	English
Nizar	-	Arabic
Gibbs	[gibz]
Ivona	-	Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Macedonian
Eveline	EV-ə-leen (English), EV-ə-lien (English), ay-və-LEE-nə (Dutch), ay-və-LEEN (Dutch)	English, French, Dutch