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How to pronounce give the axe in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
Type of remove
Has types retire, send away, send packing, squeeze out, clean out, dismiss, drop, furlough, lay off, pension off
Type Words
Synonyms give the bounce, give the gate
Type of separate, break up, break, part, split, split up

Examples of give the axe

give the axe
Time to give Boxer the axe.
From the ocregister.com
The rough-outs were then polished to give the surface a fine finish to create the axe head.
From the en.wikipedia.org
And, how much time do you give the team to sharpen their axe?
From the forbes.com
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
From the businessweek.com
The DfT is giving serious consideration to a proposal that would give the Canadian group breathing space in plans to axe more than 1,400 jobs.
From the guardian.co.uk