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given the elbow

given the elbow is the past participle of give the elbow.

Meaning of give the elbow

Verb

give the elbow (third-person singular simple present gives the elbow, present participle giving the elbow, simple past gave the elbow, past participle given the elbow)

  1. (UK, slang, transitive) To fire (an employee); to end a relationship with someone; to reject someone.
    • They said I couldn't do the job so they gave me the elbow. So, now I'm looking for work again.
    Synonyms:
    elbow out, aside, out of the way, fire, sack

Questions about given the elbow

What is given the elbow the past participle of?
Given the elbow is the past participle of give the elbow.

Words near given the elbow in the dictionary

  1. given the ax
  2. given the axe
  3. given the bird
  4. given the devil his due
  5. given the dirts
  6. given the elbow
  7. given the finger
  8. given the floor
  9. given the game away
  10. given the lie
  11. given the lie to

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Adapted from Wiktionary: given the elbow (page history and authors); give the elbow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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