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
Takuma	tah-koo-mah	Japanese
Ioram	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Maui	-	Hawaiian, Polynesian Mythology
Serghei	-	Romanian
Skender	-	Albanian
Chandrakanta	-	Indian, Hindi