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
Absalom	AB-sə-lahm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Isidorus	-	Late Roman
Amber	AM-bər (English), AHM-bər (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Perlie	PURL-ee	English (Rare)
Marianus	-	Ancient Roman
Haruko	hah-ṙoo-ko	Japanese