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3 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
FIRES Gives the ax (5) Wall Street Journal Jun 1, 2026
CANS Gives the ax (4)
SOCKS Gives the ax (5)

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39% CAN Give the ax to (3) The Washington Post Mini Jun 17, 2026
37% LETGO Give the ax to (5) The Washington Post Mini Dec 10, 2025
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37% SACK Give the ax (4) New York Times Dec 3, 2019
37% HEW Give the ax? (3) New York Times Mar 5, 2016
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37% OUST Give the ax to (4)
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3% EMIT Give out or give off (4) Puzzler Backwords Jun 18, 2026

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