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get the push

get the push verb: to be fired from one's job.

Verb

get the push (third-person singular simple present gets the push, present participle getting the push, simple past and past participle got the push)

  1. (UK, informal) To be fired from one's job.

Forms of get the push

third-person singular presentgets the push
present participlegetting the push
past participlegot the push
pastgot the push

Questions about get the push

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

Words near get the push in the dictionary

  1. get the memo
  2. get the nod
  3. get the noggin joggin'
  4. get the picture
  5. get the point
  6. get the push
  7. get the runaround
  8. get the sack
  9. get the show on the road
  10. get the thumb
  11. get the vapors

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