Related Clues:

• Given the boot
• Took a bough?
• Cancelled
• Gave pink slips to
• Let go from the job
• Fired, informally
• Split, as logs
• Laid off, as workers
• Cut from the payroll
• Abruptly dismissed
• Cut from the staff
• Gave a pink slip
• Cut down, as a tree
• Fired, in a way
• Discharged, slangily