get the bullet
English
editEtymology
editHotten suggests a play on the idea of being discharged (as a bullet is from a gun).
Verb
editget 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)
- (slang, idiomatic) To be fired from one's employment.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary