get the push
UK informalDefinition
› to be told to leave your job: Rick got the push a few weeks ago.Firing staff and being fired › to be told by someone that your relationship with them has ended: She got the push from Martin last night.Ending relationships and divorce
(Definition of get the push from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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