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axe

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Toolsaxeaxe1 (also ax American English) /æks/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 👁 Image of axe
TZa tool with a heavy metal blade on the end of a long handle, used to cut down trees or split pieces of wood → pickaxe2 → the axe3 → the axe4 → have an axe to grindExamples from the Corpusaxe• Attractive young women fanned him as he simultaneously read, wrote, waved an axe and held a flower aloft.• In Crete, we also find the double axe engraved on stalactite columns in caves.• The strong hand of Skeggi, still half-laid on his axe. axeaxe2 (also ax American English) verb [transitive] 1 LEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto suddenly dismiss someone from their job There are plans to axe 2,600 staff.2 GET RID OFto get rid of a plan, system, or service, especially in order to save money TV’s longest running show is to be axed.→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionaryaxeaxe1 /æks/ (also ax American English) verb [transitive] informal1JOBif a company axes jobs, it suddenly dismisses people in those jobs in order to reduce costsThe company announced plans to axe 300 jobs. 2to suddenly get rid of a plan or service, or reduce the amount of money spent on itThe airline’s transatlantic service is to be axed next month.→ See Verb tableaxeaxe2 (also ax American English) nounJOB1get/be given the axe if someone gets the axe or is given the axe, they are suddenly dismissed from their job because the company wants to reduce costs. If a plan, project, or service gets the axe, it is stopped in order to reduce costsA lot of managers are now getting the axe.2the axe falls if the axe falls, someone is dismissed from their job or a plan, project, or service is stopped because a company needs to reduce its costsThe axe is now falling on people whose talents have been praised only months earlier.
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Verb table
axe
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, theyaxe (BrE)
he, she, itaxes
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyaxed
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave axed
he, she, ithas axed
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad axed
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill axe
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have axed
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Continuous Form
Present
Iam axing
he, she, itis axing
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you, we, theyare axing
Past
I, he, she, itwas axing
you, we, theywere axing
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave been axing
he, she, ithas been axing
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been axing
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be axing
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been axing
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