get given the chop

Meaning

1. 1

   get / be given the chop

   to be dismissed from a job

   The whole department has been given the chop.

2. 2

   get / be given the chop

   to be stopped or ended

   Three more schemes have got the chop.

From the same entry

• chop and change
• chop at
• chop down
• chop off
• be for the chop
• not much chop