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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | 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 |