sack

Related to sack: get the sack

*sack

 and *ax
dismissal from one's employment. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) Poor Tom got the sack today. He's always late. I was afraid that Sally was going to get the ax.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

sack

1. n. a bed. I was so tired I could hardly find my sack.
2. tv. to dismiss someone from employment; to fire someone. If I do that again, they’ll sack me.
3. and the sack n. a dismissal. (Always with the in this sense.) The boss gave them all the sack.
4. tv. in football, to tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. I tried to sack him, but he was too fast.
5. n. the completion of a tackle in football. Andy made the sack on the ten-yard line.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • an empty sack cannot stand upright
  • can't carry a tune
  • can't carry a tune in a paper sack
  • cat in the sack
  • fart sack
  • get the ax
  • get the sack
  • give (one) the sack
  • give somebody/get the sack
  • hit the hay
  • hit the hay/sack, to
  • hit the sack
  • hit the sack/hay
  • hold the sack
  • nut up
  • sack
  • sack out
  • sack rat
  • sack time
  • sack up
  • sack up with (one)
  • sack, to get/give the
  • sacked out
  • sad sack
  • sad sack, a
  • the sack
References in periodicals archive
Parents often see nappy sacks as a convenient way of storing and disposing of soiled nappies.
Often corner shops and smaller outlet chains use large sacks as a way to contain and display bulky items including potatoes, animal feed and carrots, yet the process of packing pre-packed bags into outer sacks is a labour intensive operation.
Why not just supply clear sacks? This could counteract some of the cost.
Carlos Andre Montenegro, co-founder and chief executive officer of Sack's and his partners, Albatroz Participacoes and Marcelo Franco, will continue to hold a 30% stake in Sack's.
He said he had got 30 sacks from his farm this year, but so far sold only five of those at the rate of 420 Afs per sack.
The company is the main player in plastic bag and sack industry.
Three years ago he found a pile of seed corn sacks in the attic of his parents' home.
Rolf Tauss of TEC Trading Engineering Consulting Ltd., Switzerland, said plastic (polypropylene) sacks are not the industrial sack market's chief threat--bulk sales of cement are.
Adds Sack: "What's the point in having a life partner if you don't want to spend every minute with him?"
Meanwhile, at the national level, the average monthly dealers' price of Complete at P1,150.18 per sack in June 2019 dropped by 0.3 percent from a price of P1,154.12 per sack a month ago.
Global Sack Kraft Paper Market is expected to rise to an estimated value of USD 44.96 billion by 2026, registering a steady CAGR in the forecast period of 2019-2026.
[ClickPress, Tue Jul 23 2019] The significance of construction industry over the years has soared as manufacturers vie to develop sack fillers that are tremendously compatible to form, fill, and seal the bags used for cement and sand storage.
Christian Sack has accumulated over 26 years of international experience in 5 star luxury hotels and resorts across Asia, Europe, Russia, North America and the Middle East, thus delivering a wealth of international experience, skills and talents to the legendary Ritz-Carlton, Doha.
The Giants recorded just one sack in their Week 1 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
If you want to avoid traditional gardening, then a landless sack garden is an excellent choice.