Answer to "Give a pink slip to" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CAN , but the solution may also be AXE which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).

Give a pink slip to crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
CAN	50 %	3
AXE	25 %	3
TERMINATE	17 %	9
SACK	8 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Give a pink slip to

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• sack
• axe
• discharge
• receipt
• boot
• can
• fire
• dismissal
• idle
• layoff
• elude
• flinch

Crossword Answer definitions

CAN verb

1. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
2. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
3. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
4. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
5. To know.

CAN noun

1. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
2. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
3. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
4. A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
5. Buttocks.
6. Jail or prison.
7. (in the plural) Headphones.
8. A drinking cup.
9. A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
10. A chimney pot.
11. (in the plural) an E-meter used in Scientology auditing.

CAN verb

1. To seal in a can.
2. To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
3. To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
4. To shut up.
5. To fire or dismiss an employee.
6. To hole the ball.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result CAN

• Food holder
• Lay off
• Fire
• Pantry item
• Preserve
• Dismiss
• Issue walking papers to
• Recyclable item
• Recycled item
• Soup unit

More clues leading to the result AXE

• Boot out
• Bunyan's tool
• Cut
• Fire
• Fireman's tool
• Give the boot
• Paul Bunyan's tool
• Show the door to
• Chop
• Cleaver

More clues leading to the result TERMINATE

• Wrap up
• Cut off
• Close.
• Put an end to.
• End
• Discontinue
• Give a pink slip to
• Give a pink slip

More clues leading to the result SACK

• Sad __ (inept one)
• Give the ax to
• Paper bag
• Potato holder
• Tackle the quarterback
• Ax
• Bag
• Potato purchase
• Container
• Style of loose dress