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- verb Present participle of
axe .
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Examples
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It won't make him popular, but George Osborne has taken the right decision in axing child benefit for higher rate taxpayers.
Conservative conference live - Monday 4 October Andrew Sparrow 2010
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Keller, who created the position as first order of business when he took over from Howell Raines in 2003, raised the idea of axing it at an in-house Q&A in December.
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Wal-Mart reportedly called the axing of the meat cutters "the ultimate union avoidance strategy."
Al Norman: Wal-Mart's "Meat Wars" With Union Sizzles On 2008
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Australia vice-captain Shane Watson has no doubt out-of-form Shaun Marsh has the technique and talent to fight back from his axing from the national one-day team. one-day squad named on Monday, will be sent back to domestic cricket to fight for his place on the tour to West Indies in March.
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It is understood high on the list of reasons for his axing was a failure to pay a free kick against Hawk Luke Hodge for high contact to Andrew Welsh in a marking contest.
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Those less sympathetic to him say he was fired and that the axing has been a long time coming.
unknown title 2009
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Inland Revenue is looking for 250 volunteers in their department to put up their hands for an axing, which is a bloody good start but not nearly enough, says SOLO-NZ Coordinator Glenn Jameson.
ScreenTalk 2009
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Those less sympathetic to him say he was fired and that the axing has been a long time coming.
unknown title 2009
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The men say we may have all we want for the mere "axing" of it.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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He is cutting back on expenses around home, such as axing cable TV, to meet Amigo's bills.
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