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
Kavita-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Johannesyo-HAH-nes (German), yo-HAHN-nəs (Dutch, Danish), YO-hahn-nes (Finnish)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Zula (2)ZOO-ləEnglish
OdinO-dinNorse Mythology, English (Modern)
Lyman['laimən]
Sevda-Turkish, Azerbaijani