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Verb: give the sack
  1. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    - displace, fire, give notice, can [N. Amer, informal], dismiss, give the axe [informal], send away, sack, force out, terminate

Derived forms: given the sack, giving the sack, gave the sack, gives the sack

See also: send

Type of: remove

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give rise
give suck
give thanks
give the axe
give the bounce
give the eye
give the game away
give the gate
give the glad eye
give the once over
give the sack
give tongue to
give up
give vent
give voice
give way
give-and-go
give-and-take
giveaway
given
given name