get the bullet

English

Etymology

Hotten suggests a play on the idea of being discharged (as a bullet is from a gun).

Verb

get 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)

1. (slang, idiomatic) To be fired from one's employment.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary