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get the sack

get the sack verb: to be dismissed from employment.

Verb

get the sack (third-person singular simple present gets the sack, present participle getting the sack, simple past got the sack, past participle (UK) got the sack or (US) gotten the sack)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To be dismissed from employment.
    Synonyms:
    get sacked, get the chop, get the boot, get the elbow, get the ax, get the axe

Synonyms of get the sack

All synonyms of get the sack

Forms of get the sack

third-person singular presentgets the sack
present participlegetting the sack
pastgot the sack
past participle UKgot the sack
past participle USgotten the sack

Questions about get the sack

What does get the sack mean?
Get the sack means to be dismissed from employment.
What part of speech is get the sack?
Get the sack is a verb.
What is the past tense of get the sack?
The past tense of get the sack is got the sack.

Words near get the sack in the dictionary

  1. get the noggin joggin'
  2. get the picture
  3. get the point
  4. get the push
  5. get the runaround
  6. get the sack
  7. get the show on the road
  8. get the thumb
  9. get the vapors
  10. get the vapours
  11. get the wall

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