GET / BE GIVEN THE CHOP


Meaning of GET / BE GIVEN THE CHOP in English

( BrE , informal )

1.

( of a person ) to be dismissed from a job :

The whole department has been given the chop.

2.

( of a plan, project, etc. ) to be stopped or ended :

Three more schemes have got the chop.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.