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
Sioned	SHON-ed	Welsh
Tiitus	TEE:-toos (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Dalia (1)	-	Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Rana (2)	-	Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali
ÇAĞRi	-	Turkish
Emeka	-	Western African, Igbo