English Explanatory Dictionary

get the bullet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be fired from one's employment.

Word forms

get the bullet gets the bullet getting the bullet got the bullet gotten the bullet

Etymology

Hotten suggests a play on the idea of being discharged (as a bullet is from a gun).

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