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
Takumatah-koo-mahJapanese
Ioram-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Maui-Hawaiian, Polynesian Mythology
Serghei-Romanian
Skender-Albanian
Chandrakanta-Indian, Hindi