Related Clues:

• Gave the pink slip
• Supplanted
• Removed from office
• Summarily let go
• "Release me!"
• Off the payroll
• Terminated ruthlessly
• "You're ___!"
• Relinquish one's hold
• Issued walking papers
• Unhand
• Set loose
• Sacked
• Given the boot
• "Get your hands off that!"