gave someone the pink slip (verb) pink-slip: dismiss
Sinonime: Chapter 11, defalcation,
default, destituteness, destitution,
disaster,
exhaustion,
failure, indebtedness, indigence, insolvency,
lack, liquidation,
loss, nonpayment, overdraft, pauperism, privation, repudiation,
ruin, ruination
Antonime: richness, solvency, wealth