gave someone the gate (verb) pink-slip: dismiss
Sinonime: ax, boot out, boot,
bounce*,
bump*,
can*, cashier, defrock, depone, depose, deselect,
discharge, disemploy, disfrock,
displace, disqualify,
drop*,
fire, furlough, give notice to, give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, give the ax, give the gate, give the heave-ho, give walking papers, give warning, impeach, kick out, lay off, let go*, let out,
oust, pension, put away,
recall,
release,
retire, sack, send packing, shelve, show someone the door, shut out,
suspend,
terminate, turn away, unfrock, unseat, wash out