Idiom
get the sack
Meaning
To be dismissed from employment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He was late every day and finally got the sack.”
“After the manager discovered that he had been stealing from the register, he immediately got the sack.”
“Despite his long tenure at the firm, the sudden restructuring meant that many loyal employees eventually got the sack.”
Examples
simple
“He was late every day and finally got the sack.”
contextual
“After the manager discovered that he had been stealing from the register, he immediately got the sack.”
complex
“Despite his long tenure at the firm, the sudden restructuring meant that many loyal employees eventually got the sack.”
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