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get the elbow

get the elbow verb: to be dismissed from employment.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To be dismissed from employment.

Synonyms of get the elbow

Forms of get the elbow

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

Questions about get the elbow

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

Words near get the elbow in the dictionary

  1. get the dirty water off one's chest
  2. get the door
  3. get the drawers
  4. get the drift
  5. get the drop on
  6. get the elbow
  7. get the flak
  8. get the goods on
  9. get the hang of
  10. get the hint
  11. get the idea

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