Ax | Mean of ax in English Dictionary

/ˈæks/

• Noun
• a tool that has a heavy metal blade and a long handle and that is used for chopping wood
• a hidden and often selfish purpose for doing something.
1. He had a political ax to grind with his opponent.
2. She claims that she has no ax to grind in criticizing the proposed law.
• to avoid being ended, eliminated, reduced, etc.
1. The school program escaped the ax this year. [=the school program was not cut/eliminated this year]

• to lose your job
1. The employees with less experience got the ax. [=were fired]
• to dismiss (someone) from a job
1. His boss gave him the ax.
• to eliminate (something) or reduce (something) severely
1. Congress took an ax to the program. [=Congress severely reduced the amount of money to be given to the program]
• Verb
• to cut or remove (something)
1. The television program was axed [=dropped] from the new schedule.
• to fire (someone)
1. The boss told him that he had been axed.