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get the sack

MEANING IN ENGLISH

To be dismissed or terminated from employment

In context

01

The logistics controller got the sack after repeatedly falsifying bill of lading documentation.

02

Any procurement agent caught accepting kickbacks will immediately get the sack.

Synonyms

get fired,get dismissed,be laid off

Antonyms

get hired,be promoted,receive tenure

Collocations

risk getting the sack,unjustly get the sack,immediately get the sack

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗