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
Baldovin-Ancient Germanic
OceanO-shənEnglish (Rare)
Kurokoo-ṙo:Japanese
LourenÇOlaw-REN-soo (Portuguese), law-REN-soo (Brazilian Portuguese)Portuguese
Bakİ-Turkish
Biserka-Croatian, Serbian