AXE


Meaning of AXE in English

I.

(esp. BrE ) ( AmE usually ax ) noun

1 tool

VERB + AXE

▪ brandish ( esp. BrE ), carry , heft ( esp. AmE ), hold , wield

A man used to wielding an ~ fought best on foot.

▪ use

▪ swing

▪ sharpen

AXE + VERB

▪ fall

The executioner's ~ fell.

PREPOSITION

▪ with an/the ~

to chop a tree down with an ~

PHRASES

▪ a blow from an ~ , a blow of an ~

With a few swift blows of the ~, she severed the cable.

2 the axe complete loss of sth/big reduction in sth

VERB + THE AXE

▪ be given , get

His prime-time TV show is likely to get the ~.

▪ swing , wield (both esp. BrE )

Wielding the ~ on the prison plan would be one way of saving money.

▪ face ( BrE )

Up to 300 workers are facing the ~ at a struggling Merseyside firm.

▪ save sb/sth from

Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the ~.

THE AXE + VERB

▪ fall

We were expecting bad news but had no idea where the ~ would fall (= where the loss would be) .

II.

verb

Axe/ax is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ job , ↑ service

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .