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axe
/ æ /
noun
- a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etc See also hatchet
- an axe to grind
- an ulterior motive
- a grievance
- a pet subject
- the axe informal.
- dismissal, esp from employment; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe )
- severe cutting down of expenditure, esp the removal of unprofitable sections of a public service
- slang.any musical instrument, esp a guitar or horn
verb
- to chop or trim with an axe
- informal.to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure or services), or terminate (a project)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of axe1
Example Sentences
There have been unconfirmed reports in recent weeks that Gatwa is set to leave and that the show may be facing the axe.
But the therapy limit has now been cut to £3,000 per year, while separate funding for specialist assessment has been axed.
Gatwa's casting in Born With Teeth comes after unconfirmed reports that he is set to leave Doctor Who, and that the show may be facing the axe.
Critics say it leaves services vulnerable to being axed if they do not make a profit.
Reeves' plan for major money-saving from the welfare budget comes on top of her decision to axe the universal provision of winter fuel payments and only give them to the poorest pensioners.
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