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get the bullet

get the bullet verb: to be fired from one's employment.

Verb

get the bullet (third-person singular simple present gets the bullet, present participle getting the bullet, simple past got the bullet, past participle got the bullet or gotten the bullet)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To be fired from one's employment.

Forms of get the bullet

third-person singular presentgets the bullet
present participlegetting the bullet
pastgot the bullet
past participlegot the bullet
past participlegotten the bullet

Origin of get the bullet

Hotten suggests a play on the idea of being discharged (as a bullet is from a gun).

Questions about get the bullet

What does get the bullet mean?
Get the bullet means to be fired from one's employment.
What part of speech is get the bullet?
Get the bullet is a verb.
What is the past tense of get the bullet?
The past tense of get the bullet is got the bullet.

Words near get the bullet in the dictionary

  1. get the best of
  2. get the better of
  3. get the bird
  4. get the boot
  5. get the bulge on
  6. get the bullet
  7. get the chop
  8. get the dirty water off one's chest
  9. get the door
  10. get the drawers
  11. get the drift

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