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单词 give someone their cards
释义

give someone their cards

British informal Dismiss someone from employment: the firm has just given 74,000 workers their cards...
  • On 12 July, the day after the clear-up was called to a halt, Bovis gave him his cards.
  • Cotterill had been out of full- time work himself since Sunderland - where he was Howard Wilkinson's assistant - gave him his cards in February 2003.
  • He gave me my cards and told me that he never wanted to see me again.

Synonyms

dismiss, give someone their notice, throw out, get rid of, lay off, make redundant, let someone go, discharge, cashier
informal sack, give someone the sack, fire, kick out, boot out, give someone the boot, give someone their marching orders, give someone the bullet, give someone the (old) heave-ho, give someone the elbow, give someone the push, show someone the door, send packing
British informal turf out
dated out
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