1. Requests polite permission
   "could I have the address please?"

1. Able to
   "fish can swim", "I can drive if you like", "Can I help you?"

1. Preserve in a can or tin
   - tin, put up 
2. [N. Amer] Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
   - displace, fire, give notice, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate

See also: cannery

Type of: keep, preserve, remove

Encyclopedia: Can

• up to her neck
• up to his neck
• up to my neck
• up to now
• up to our necks
• up to par
• up to scratch
• up to snuff
• up to their necks
• up to your neck
• up-and-coming
• up-bow
• up-to-date
• up-to-dateness
• originate in
• origination
• origination fee
• originative
• originator
• orinasal
• orinasal phone
• Orinase
• Orinoco
• Orinoco River
• oriole