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axe or US ax Noun pl axes 1. a hand tool with one side of its head sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees and splitting timber 2. an axe to grind a favourite topic one wishes to promote 3. Informal a severe cut in spending or in the number of staff employed Verb [axing, axed] Informal to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure), or terminate (a project) [Old English æx]
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axe verb 2. (Informal) abandon, end, pull, eliminate, cancel, scrap, wind up, turn off (informal) relegate, cut back, terminate, dispense with, discontinue, pull the plug on verb 3. (Informal) dismiss, fire (informal) sack (informal) remove, get rid of, discharge, throw out, oust, give (someone) their marching orders, give the boot to (slang) give the bullet to Brit. (slang) give the push to, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang) an axe to grind pet subject, grievance, ulterior motive, private purpose, personal consideration, private ends >> the axe (Informal) the sack, (informal) dismissal, discharge, wind-up, the boot (slang) cancellation, cutback, termination, the chop (slang) the (old) heave-ho (informal) the order of the boot (slang) Translations axe (US) ax [æks] n → Axt f, Beil nt vt (employee) → entlassen; (project, jobs etc) → streichen; to have an axe to grind (fig) → ein persönliches Interesse haben axe (US), ax [æks] n → scure f vt [+ project etc] → abolire [+ jobs]; sopprimere; to have an axe to grind (fig) → fare i propri interessi or il proprio tornaconto n axe [ӕks] a tool with a (long) handle and a metal blade for cutting down trees and cutting wood etc into pieces. byl فَأس брадва sekyra økse die Axt τσεκούρι hacha kirves تبر kirves hache גַרזֵן कुल्हाड़ी sjekira fejsze kapak öxi ascia 斧 도끼 kirvis cirvis kapak bijl øks siekiera machado topor топор sekera sekira sekira yxa ขวาน balta 斧 сокира کلہاڑا cái rìu 斧 v 1 to get rid of; to dismiss They've axed 50% of their staff. ontslaan يَتَخَلَّص مِن съкращавам propustit skære ned på rücksichtslos kürzen κάνω περικοπές προσωπικού, αποπέμπω despedir, en la poner de patitas calle, echar (töölt) lahti laskma, vallandama اخراج کردن antaa potkut/lähtöpassit/lopputili, irtisanoa mettre à pied לְפַטֵר काटना otpustiti elbocsát memecat segja upp ridurre 解雇する (도끼로) 자르다 sumažinti, atleisti samazināt; atlaist buang afschaffen, ontslaan si opp, gi sparken zwolniać despedir a da afară увольнять prepustiť odpustiti otpustiti sparka, avskeda กำจัด; ปลดจากตำแหน่ง atmak, kovmak 解僱;削減 скорочувати چھٹکارا پانا sa thải 解雇;削减 2 to reduce (costs, services etc) Government spending in education has been axed. verminder يُخَفِّض النَّفَقات намалявам omezit, redukovat skære ned rücksichtslos kürzen κάνω περικοπή δαπανών recortar, reducir kärpima کاهش دادن karsia sabrer (dans) לְקַצֵץ कम करना smanjiti leszállít (költségeket, stb.) mengurangi skera niður ridurre 削減する 삭감하다 apkarpyti, sumažinti samazināt; apcirpt dikurangkan verminderen skjære ned på obciąć reduzir a reduce сокращать obmedziť zmanjšati smanjiti göra stora nedskärningar ลด (ค่าใช้จ่าย) kısıntı yapmak, kısmak 減少 зменшувати, урізувати گھٹانا ، کم کرنا giảm bớt 减少 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Does someone at The Advocate have an ax to grind with Mr. Each has a patented technology in their pocket and many have an ax to grind. Hillary's former press secretary Howard Wolfson told Morris, ``You have an ax to grind,'' and Democratic spokesman Lanny Davis began, ``Clinton haters, which your show seems to appeal to . |
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