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ax

/ˈæks/

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noun

US or axe , pl axes

[count] :a tool that has a heavy metal blade and a long handle and that is used for chopping wood - see also ice ax, pickax

ax to grind

a hidden and often selfish purpose for doing something.

He had a political ax to grind with his opponent.

She claims that she has no ax to grind in criticizing the proposed law.

escape the ax

informal :to avoid being ended, eliminated, reduced, etc.

The school program escaped the ax this year. [=the school program was not cut/eliminated this year]

get the ax

informal :to lose your job :to be fired from your job

The employees with less experience got the ax. [=were fired]

give (someone) the ax

informal :to dismiss (someone) from a job :to fire (someone)

His boss gave him the ax.

take the/an ax to

informal :to eliminate (something) or reduce (something) severely

Congress took an ax to the program. [=Congress made severe cuts in the program]

verb

or axe axes; axed; axing

[+ obj] informal

to cut or remove (something)

The television program was axed [=dropped] from the new schedule.

to fire (someone)

The boss told him that he had been axed.

* Các từ tương tự:
axiom, axiomatic, axis, axle