- be sacked
- If someone gets the sack, they lose their job, usually because they have done something wrong.
Charlie got the sack when his boss caught him stealing.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
be sacked
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Sacked Friar — see Sack friar … Useful english dictionary
Sacked — Sack Sack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sacking}.] [See {Sack} pillage.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. [1913 Webster] The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sacked out — mod. asleep. □ Mary is sacked out in her room. □ Here it is ten o’clock, and you are still sacked out! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
sacked out — adjective Sound asleep, usually from a healthy exhaustion. The kids are sacked out in the back seat … Wiktionary
Sacked — fired from work … Dictionary of Australian slang
sacked — Australian Slang fired from work … English dialects glossary
sacked — adj. ravaged, that has been robbed and destroyed by force and violence, pillaged sæk n. large burlap or canvas bag; backpack or other bag; dismissal from employment; instance of plundering, pillage; style of loose fitting dress; type of white… … English contemporary dictionary
sacked — adjective having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence the raped countryside • Syn: ↑despoiled, ↑pillaged, ↑raped, ↑ravaged • Similar to: ↑destroyed … Useful english dictionary
despoiled pillaged raped ravaged sacked — destroyed destroyed adj. 1. p. p. of {destroy}. [Narrower terms: {annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted}; {blighted, spoilt}; {blotted out, obliterate, obliterated};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sack/sacked — If someone gets the sack it means they are fired. Then they have been sacked. I can think of a few people I d like to sack! … The American's guide to speaking British
Be sacked — be fired from work … Dictionary of Australian slang
