Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position - displace, fire, give notice, can [N. Amer], dismiss, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
Terminate a relationship abruptly - give the bounce, give the gate
Derived forms: giving the axe, gives the axe, given the axe, gave the axe
Type of: break, break up, part, remove, separate, split, split up