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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 |
| AscensiÓN | | ah-then-SYON (Spanish), ah-sen-SYON (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| Sacheverell | | sə-SHEV-ər-əl | English (Rare) |
| Marlis | | - | German |
| Lital | | - | Hebrew |
| Katy | | KAY-tee | English |
| Cayden | | KAY-dən | English (Modern) |