sack
noun
uk/sæk/ us [ C ]
a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts of something:
The corn was stored in large sacks.
a sack of sth The men carry 100-pound sacks of coffee on their backs.
[ C ] US
a strong paper or plastic bag used to carry things bought in a food store:
a sack of groceries
the sack [ S ] UK
HR, WORKPLACE
a situation in which you are told by your employer that you must leave your job, especially because you have done something wrong:
get the sack If I don't do the job right, I'll get the sack.
give sb the sack Her repeated unexplained absences led her manager to give her the sack.
face the sack
earn sb the sack The company's poor sales figures finally earned Miller the sack.
sack
verb [ T ]
UK uk/sæk/ us( US fire) HR, WORKPLACE
to make someone leave their job, especially because they have done something wrong:
Walters was the first of the senior staff to be sacked by the new editor.
Do shareholders have the right to sack the entire board of directors?