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
Julita	yuw-LEE-tah	Polish
Randy	RAN-dee	English
Matthias	mah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)	Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
NapolÉOn	-	French (Rare)
Muhammad	mu-HAHM-mahd (Arabic)	Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Tajik, Indonesian, Malay
Frey	[frei]