Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
1 To some give the sack , and to others a warning;
2 Then Robin Hood gave the sack of silver back to the Sheriff.
3 Giving the sack is a felicity granted only to a few people.
4 The Knowledge archive Christmas Special: given the sack on 25 December?
5 In fact, I've been given the sack by all of them.
6 He gave the sack an experimental kick with his foot.
7 The list of successful coaches to have been given the sack , notwithstanding a recent winning record.
8 'For a lampshade like that a cleaning woman would have been given the sack , ' he says.
9 LAYOFFS 101 Business is brisk for Drake Beam Morin, an HR firm that advises managers on the fine art of giving the sack .
10 With manager Martin Lawlor being given the sack in midweek, Longford could have been excused for low-key approach to this opening game of the season.
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