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
Manlius-Ancient Roman
Kepa-Basque
MÜMİN-Turkish
Ira (1)IE-rə (English)Biblical, English, Hebrew
Christin['kristin]
Griselda[gri'zeldə]