| 单词 | give the sack |
| 释义 | give the sack (once / 407563 pages) v WORD FAMILY give the sack: gave the sack, given the sack, giving the sack USAGE EXAMPLESSo those thousands of maverick, loose-cannon workers, selfishly trying to improve Wells Fargo’s balance sheet, have been given the sack. Los Angeles Times(Sep 15, 2016) Giving the sack is a felicity granted only to a few people. Stephens, James, Here are Ladies(2010) Then Robin Hood gave the sack of silver back to the Sheriff. Pyle, Howard, The Adventures of Robin Hood(2010) v terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, sack, send away, terminate employ, engage, hire engage or hire for work retire make (someone) retire pension offlet go from employment with an attractive pension clean outforce out furlough, lay offdismiss, usually for economic reasons squeeze outforce out dismiss, drop, send away, send packingstop associating with superannuateretire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability downsizedismiss from work remove remove from a position or an office |
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