can (someone)



can (someone)

To summarily dismiss or oust someone from employment; to fire someone. Management promptly canned the new accountant after his miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars. They'll can me if they ever find out I came into work drunk yesterday.
See also: can

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Augustynow-GUWS-tinPolish
TytusTI-tuwsPolish
Wilburg-Anglo-Saxon
Yafe-Hebrew
KristopherKRIS-tə-fərEnglish
Mairenn-Irish