get the bullet

verb

To be fired from one's employment.

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Meanings

verbget 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)

present singular third person gets the bullet · participle present getting the bullet · past got the bullet · participle past got the bullet · participle past gotten the bullet

  1. idiomaticslangTo be fired from one's employment.

Origin

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

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APA

get the bullet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20the%20bullet

MLA

“get the bullet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20the%20bullet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get the bullet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20the%20bullet.

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