get the bullet in English

Forms: gets the bullet [present, singular, third-person], getting the bullet [participle, present], got the bullet [past], got the bullet [participle, past], gotten the bullet [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Hotten suggests a play on the idea of being discharged (as a bullet is from a gun). Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got:gotten> the bullet}} get the bullet (third-person singular simple present gets the bullet, present participle getting the bullet, simple past got the bullet, past participle got the bullet or gotten the bullet)

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_text": "Hotten suggests a play on the idea of being discharged (as a bullet is from a gun).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got:gotten> the bullet"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be fired from one's employment."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_bullet-en-verb-PDiYQuPU",
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
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          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, idiomatic) To be fired from one's employment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the bullet"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Hotten suggests a play on the idea of being discharged (as a bullet is from a gun).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the bullet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got:gotten> the bullet"
      },
      "expansion": "get the bullet (third-person singular simple present gets the bullet, present participle getting the bullet, simple past got the bullet, past participle got the bullet or gotten the bullet)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be fired from one's employment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
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          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, idiomatic) To be fired from one's employment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the bullet"
}

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"get the bullet" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms