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
Ulick	-	Irish
Renae	rə-NAY	English
Gaenor	GAY-nawr	Welsh
Chip	CHIP	English
Dinis	dee-NEES (Portuguese), jee-NEES (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Faraj	-	Arabic