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
ÁRon	AH-ron	Hungarian
Savitri	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Raylene	ray-LEEN	English (Rare)
Lesedi	-	Southern African, Tswana
Fionn	FIN, FYOON	Irish, Irish Mythology
Miroslav	mee-rah-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic