GIVE THE SACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does give the sack mean?
• GIVE THE SACK (verb)
The verb GIVE THE SACK has 1 sense:
1. terminate the employment of
Familiarity information: GIVE THE SACK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GIVE THE SACK (verb)
Meaning:
Terminate the employment of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
give the axe; give the sack; give notice; send away; sack; can; force out; fire; dismiss; terminate
Context examples:
The boss fired his secretary today / The company terminated 25% of its workers
Hypernyms (to "give the sack" is one way to...):
remove (remove from a position or an office)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give the sack"):
retire (make (someone) retire)
pension off (let go from employment with an attractive pension)
clean out (force out)
furlough; lay off (dismiss, usually for economic reasons)
squeeze out (force out)
dismiss; drop; send away; send packing (stop associating with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
