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
Bibek-Nepali, Bengali
RachaelRAY-chəlEnglish
RooperttiRO:-pert-teeFinnish
Caelestis-Late Roman
Porcius-Ancient Roman
Caspar-Judeo-Christian Legend