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[get the ax]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

1. To be fired from a job.

Poor Joe got the ax at the office yesterday.

2. To be dismissed from school for improper conduct, such as cheating.

Joe got caught cheating on his final exam and he got the ax.

3.  […]

[get the ball rolling] or [set the ball rolling] or [start the ball rolling]  {informal}

To start an activity or action; make a beginning; begin.

George started the ball rolling at the party by telling a new joke.

Compare: [KEEP THE BALL ROLLING].

[get the better of] or [get the best of]  {v. phr.}

1. To win over, beat; defeat.

Our team got the best of the visitors in the last quarter.

George got the better of Robert in a game of checkers.

* /When the opposing player fouled John, John  […]

[get the boot] or [the gate] or [the sack]

See: [GET THE AXE].

[get the bounce] or [get the gate]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

1. or [get the air]

To lose one's sweetheart; not be kept for a friend or lover.

Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl.

* /Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her  […]

[get the brush-off]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important.

My idea for a party got the brush-off from the other children.

2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored.

* /Frank and  […]

[get the cart before the horse]

See:

[CART BEFORE THE HORSE].

[get the eye]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

1. To be looked at, especially with interest and liking.

The pretty girl got the eye as she walked past the boys on the street corner.

2. To be looked at or stared at, especially in a cold, unfriendly way.

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[get the feel of]  {v. phr.}

To become used to or learn about, especially by feeling or handling; get used to the experience or feeling of; get skill in.

John had never driven a big car, and it took a while for him to get the feel of it.

* /You'll  […]

[get the go-ahead] or [the green light]  {v. phr.}

To receive the permission or signal to start or to proceed.