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give the sack
Overview of verb give-the-sack
The verb give the sack has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate -- (terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers")
Antonyms of verb give-the-sack
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb give-the-sack
1 sense of give the sack
Sense 1
fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
=> remove
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb give-the-sack
1 sense of give the sack
Sense 1
fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
=> retire
=> pension off
=> clean out
=> furlough, lay off
=> squeeze out
=> dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb give-the-sack
1 sense of give the sack
Sense 1
fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
=> remove
'Cause To' of verb give-the-sack
Derived Forms of verb give-the-sack
Domain of verb give-the-sack
Domain Terms of verb give-the-sack
Familiarity of verb give-the-sack
give the sack used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb give-the-sack
1 sense of give the sack
Sense 1
fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
=> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb give-the-sack
1 sense of give the sack
Sense 1
fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
> remove
=> unseat
=> oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel
=> fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
=> drop
=> pull off
=> winkle out
=> invalid
=> bench
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb give-the-sack
Sense 1
fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
=> remove
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