Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb give_the_sack

1 sense of give the sack

Sense 1
displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate -- (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers")
       => remove -- (remove from a position or an office)