Sacked / get the sack
Meaning 1
Fired, get fired, told to leave job forever
Context 1
“I just saw Steve come out of the boss’s office, looks pretty upset “
“Yeah well he just got the sack.”
“What! How come?”
“Don’t know”
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Top 50 Workplace Expressions
- 01. Watch out
- 02. Look out!
- 03. Get out of the way!
- 04. You'll do your back in
- 05. Had it
- 06. Run it past . . .
- 07. Wrap it up
- 08. Up to scratch
- 09. Cut corners
- 10. Move it
- 11. Go over it
- 12. It's your call
- 13. Do me a favour
- 14. Issues
- 15. I'll let you know
- 16. Running out
- 17. Give us a hand
- 18. Have a go
- 19. Take your time
- 20. Get rid of it
- 21. Going through the motions
- 22. Sacked / get the sack
- 23. Turn up
- 24. Deal with it
- 25. Fast / Quick turnaround
- 26. Chuck a sickie
- 27. Fucked up
- 28. Rusty
- 29. Knock it off
- 30. Smoko
- 31. Show up
- 32. Newbie
- 33. That'll do
- 34. Bludging / a bludger
- 35. Speak up
- 36. Too easy
- 37. Work it out
- 38. Turn down
- 39. Give her a go
- 40. Go over it with a fine-toothed comb
- 41. Day off
- 42. On the house
- 43. Put in a good word
- 44. Bear in mind . . .
- 45. Got stuck in to me
- 46. Give it our best shot
- 47. Kicked in
- 48. If you ask me
- 49. Kicked out
- 50. Working my arse off
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