Talk:get the axe

get the axe
we have axe sense 3, which occurs in more instances than just this one -- Liliana • 17:57, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Right. Hard-redirect or delete. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 18:46, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree; redirect or delete. --EncycloPetey 03:51, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Do not agree. To "Get the ax[e]" and variants means, primarily, to get fired. Any other use (e.g. "my girlfriend gave me the axe" is secondary and possibly derived. Note that the example given for axe sense 3 is the phrase "gave him the axe" (not just the word "axe") and the example from literature ("[O]ne day the axe just fell" from Tangled Up In Blue) describes the person getting fired from his job. It's true that the word "axe" is, by itself, used as a shorted version ("The company axed me"), sometimes, I suppose. But "The company gave me the axe" is probably more common.


 * At the very least, axe sense 3 should be rewritten to indicate that it means getting fired, and "A dismissal or rejection" either eliminated, or given as a secondary meaning, or added as separate sense (and a non-firing literary example would need to be found). Herostratus 04:13, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Deleted, but I left a note about the hard-redirect-supporting votes, in case someone in the future insists that it should be one. — Ungoliant (Falai) 22:10, 12 August 2012 (UTC)