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get the chop

get the chop verb: to be dismissed from employment.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be dismissed from employment.
  2. (idiomatic) To be eliminated from a competition.

Synonyms of get the chop

Forms of get the chop

third-person singular presentgets the chop
present participlegetting the chop
pastgot the chop
past participle UKgot the chop
past participle USgotten the chop

Questions about get the chop

What does get the chop mean?
Get the chop means to be dismissed from employment.
What part of speech is get the chop?
Get the chop is a verb.
What is the past tense of get the chop?
The past tense of get the chop is got the chop.

Words near get the chop in the dictionary

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

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