GIVE THE BOUNCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Terminate a relationship abruptly

Example:

Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman

Synonyms:

give the axe; give the bounce; give the gate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "give the bounce" is one way to...):

break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something