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Dismissed, thrown out in disgrace, as in In this company you get only one chance, and if you fail you're out on your ear . This term alludes to being physically thrown out head first. [ Slang ; early 1900s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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