give (one) the sack

To fire someone from a job or task. The new secretary is so rude—I need to give her the sack. I tried so hard to do a good job in Mrs. Smith's garden, but she gave me the sack anyway.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adelbert	AH:-dəl-bərt (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Lulu	['lu:lu:]
JokŪBas	-	Lithuanian
Vivek	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali
Randell	['rændl]
Findlay	-	Scottish