Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
axe
I.axe1 BrE AmE (also ax American English) /æks/ noun [countable] 1. a tool with a heavy metal blade on the end of a long handle, used to cut down trees or split pieces of wood ⇨ ↑pickaxe 2. the axe informal if someone gets the axe, they are dismissed from their job: 100 workers are facing the axe in a cost-cutting exercise. 3. the axe informal if a plan, system, or service gets the axe, someone gets rid of it: MPs know there will be cuts in public spending but do not know on which department the axe will fall. 4. have an axe to grind to have a strong personal opinion about something which is the reason why you do something: I need objective advice from someone with no axe to grind. II.axe2 BrE AmE (also ax American English) verb [transitive] 1. to suddenly dismiss someone from their job: There are plans to axe 2,600 staff. 2. to get rid of a plan, system, or service, especially in order to save money: TV’s longest running show is to be axed.
