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for the chop

for the chop prepositional phrase: about to lose one's job.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) About to lose one's job.
  2. (idiomatic) About to be stopped, cancelled, or eliminated, not allowed to continue or remain.
    • That service is for the chop.

Questions about for the chop

What does for the chop mean?
For the chop means about to lose one's job.
What part of speech is for the chop?
For the chop is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for the chop in the dictionary

  1. for the birds
  2. for the book
  3. for the books
  4. for the cheap seats
  5. for the children
  6. for the chop
  7. for the craic
  8. for the foreseeable
  9. for the fuck of it
  10. for the fun of it
  11. for the Gipper

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