"give the elbow" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-give the elbow.ogg [Australia] Forms: gives the elbow [present, singular, third-person], giving the elbow [participle, present], gave the elbow [past], given the elbow [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> the elbow}} give the elbow (third-person singular simple present gives the elbow, present participle giving the elbow, simple past gave the elbow, past participle given the elbow)
  1. (transitive, slang, British) To fire (an employee); to end a relationship with someone; to reject someone. Tags: British, slang, transitive Synonyms: elbow out, aside, out of the way, fire, sack Translations (to fire): antaa potkut (Finnish), virer (French), dégager (French), larguer (French)

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