Related Clues:

• Gave a pink slip
• Baked in a kiln
• Shot off
• Cut down, as a tree
• Discharged, slangily
• Pulled the trigger
• Shot off a cannon
• Gave the heave-ho
• In a split way
• Abruptly purged from the payroll
• Enthusiastic, with ''up''
• Laid off, less politely
• Put or forced out
• Offences against the law of the land
• Ejected or expelled