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Sack

Predominately British; to terminate a person, especially with cause. For example, an employee caught stealing may be sacked, meaning he will no longer be employed at the company. The term is equivalent to firing.

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I must confess I was never at the sacking a city, or at the taking a town by storm.

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So now they has two ropes, 'bout six foot apart, and three from the floor, which goes right down the room; and the beds are made of slips of coarse sacking, stretched across 'em.

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But his /bride/ and her mother are to drive in a peasant's cart covered with sacking (I know, I have been driven in it).

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The Trinity Mirror Data Unit has taken a look at every Premier League and Championship sacking over the last five seasons, comparing the form of each club before and after the sackings.

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After Jol's sacking, appoint German badass Felix Magath as manager.

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