give the sack

Verb

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give the sack - terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" Synonyms: give notice, give the axe, sack, send away, can, force out, dismiss, fire, terminate

can, clean out, dismiss, drop, fire, force out, furlough, give notice, give the axe, lay off, pension off, remove, retire, sack, send away, send packing, squeeze out, terminate