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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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Baldovin | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Ocean | | O-shən | English (Rare) |
Kuro | | koo-ṙo: | Japanese |
LourenÇO | | law-REN-soo (Portuguese), law-REN-soo (Brazilian Portuguese) | Portuguese |
Bakİ | | - | Turkish |
Biserka | | - | Croatian, Serbian |