"Give the bucket" nghĩa là gì?

"Give the bucket" -> nghĩa là đuổi ra không cho làm, sa thải.

Ví dụ 

The company gives the bucket more than 200 employees.

Exxon Mobil to give the bucket 723 Houston-area employees in February.

Pioneer Natural Resources giving the bucket 100 workers after Parsley acquisition.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the culinary union negotiated with union-repped resorts on and off the Strip to keep members working, even if it was just part time, and continue to offer health-care benefits after they were given the bucket.