to get the sack

Examples

• All

• You won't get the sack if you refuse.

  Threads (1984)

• I got the sack.

  Full Love (2010)

• Did you hear he got the sack?

  Once Were Warriors (1994)

• On account of you I got the sack.

  Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

• - I shall definitely get the sack.

  Soldier of Fortune (1955)

• I'm sorry you got the sack.

  Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)

• So it's true, you are getting the sack.

  A Good Year (2006)

• That's why he eventually got the sack.

  The Hagstone Demon (2011)

• I'll get the sack if they're late again.

  The Boy Friend (1971)

• A little birdie tells me that John Pilger here got the sack from The Courier.

  The Riddle (2007)

Synonyms

F

to fire

vsto get the sack

∞ 2.8

To officially make someone leave their job

expresses the worker's being dismissed rather than the employer verb

L

to let go

vsto get the sack

852 3.8

To stop employing someone so they lose their job

is the event of losing a job, not the employer's mild phrasing

T

to throw out

vsto get the sack

236 3.0

To force someone to leave a place, job, or group

focuses specifically on losing employment, not all expulsions

T

to terminate

vsto get the sack

• Formal

90 5.5

To make someone stop working for a company

is the personal experience of being let go rather than the formal verb

D

to dismiss

vsto get the sack

70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

describes the personal result of that official removal

S

to sack

vsto get the sack

• UK

37 3.5

To make someone leave their job

is the outcome of that action, namely losing one's job

C

to can

vsto get the sack

• Informal

33 7.7

To fire someone from their job in informal speech

is the state of having been fired, told from the worker side

B

to boot out

vsto get the sack

• Informal

15 5.8

Force someone to leave a job or organization suddenly

is the result for the person, not the forced removal action

G

to give (someone) the boot

vsto get the sack

• Informal

12 7.4

To stop someone from working at their job, usually because of bad work or behavior

is the loss experienced by the worker rather than the informal action

G

to get the chop

vsto get the sack

• UK

1 8.6

Lose your job, often suddenly

is dismissal in general and not necessarily sudden or unexpected

G

to get the bullet

vsto get the sack

• Informal

1 8.9

To lose a job suddenly because of a mistake or problem

covers job loss broadly rather than stressing abruptness

G

to give (someone) the sack

vsto get the sack

• UK

1 5.2

To make someone leave their job, often as punishment or during job cuts

focuses on the worker's loss of employment, not the employer act

G

to give the sack

vsto get the sack

• UK

5.9

To tell someone they must leave their job

is the experience of losing employment rather than the employer action

S

to sack someone

vsto get the sack

• UK

4.8

To stop employing someone, often suddenly as punishment

is the state of having lost employment rather than the punitive act

G

to give the axe

vsto get the sack

• UK

7.4

To suddenly end someone's job or a relationship, often without warning

is the worker's loss rather than the decisive act itself

Antonyms

R

to retain

236 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

H

hired

1.1

A person paid to do a job for someone

How Severe

to get the sack

• UK

2 4.8

to resign

• Formal

533 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology