Sacking can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| sack - plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" | ||
| sack - put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions" | ||
| sack - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" | ||
| sack - make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" | ||
Noun |
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| sacking - coarse fabric used for bags or sacks | ||
| sacking - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
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| 1. | noun | The High Renaissance period is traditionally taken to begin in the 1490s, with Leonardos fresco of the Last Supper in Milan and the death of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, and to have ended in 1527 with the sacking of Rome by the troops of Charles V. | |
| 2. | noun | The sack of Rome. | |
| 3. | noun | It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight. | |
| 4. | noun | I will hit the sack. | |
| 5. | noun | The official got the sack for currying favor with the contractors. | |
| 6. | noun | In British English, "to get the sack" means to be fired from your job. | |
| 7. | noun | They got the sack for being careless and tardy. | |
| 8. | noun | "I'd rather get the sack than not join the labour union," said the disgruntled worker. | |
| 9. | noun | Everyone thinks his sack the heaviest. | |
| 10. | noun | I got the sack but I've a little saved up, so for the time being I won't be troubled by living expenses. | |
| 11. | noun | He got the sack for slacking off at work. | |
| 12. | noun | I need to hit the sack. | |
| 13. | noun | Is this your sack or his? | |
| 14. | noun | Is this your sack or hers? | |
| 15. | noun | He was given the sack. | |
| 16. | verb | Tom was hopping mad when he was notified of his sacking by email. |
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| The High Renaissance period is traditionally taken to begin in the 1490s, with Leonardos fresco of the Last Supper in Milan and the death of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, and to have ended in 1527 with the sacking of Rome by the troops of Charles V. |
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| The sack of Rome. |
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| It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight. | |
| I will hit the sack. | |
| The official got the sack for currying favor with the contractors. | |
| In British English, "to get the sack" means to be fired from your job. | |
| They got the sack for being careless and tardy. | |
| "I'd rather get the sack than not join the labour union," said the disgruntled worker. | |
| Everyone thinks his sack the heaviest. | |
| I got the sack but I've a little saved up, so for the time being I won't be troubled by living expenses. | |
| He got the sack for slacking off at work. | |
| I need to hit the sack. | |
| Is this your sack or his? | |
| Is this your sack or hers? | |
| He was given the sack. | |
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| Tom was hopping mad when he was notified of his sacking by email. | |