phrasal verb / idiom · informal
get the sack
UK/ɡet ðə sæk/US/ɡɛt ðə sæk/get the SACK
speakingtask2
to be dismissed from a job (informal, chiefly BrE)
Examples
“He got the sack after missing too many deadlines.”
“If you keep arriving late, you might get the sack.”
“They were shocked when two managers got the sack without warning.”
Band 8 sentence
“Following repeated breaches of company policy, three members of staff ultimately got the sack.”
Collocations
- get the sack for + reason
- be sacked
Word family
sack noun (informal for dismissal)sacked adjective / past participle
Common mistakes
I will get sack→I will get the sack
He got fireded yesterday.→He got fired yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5lose job→6get fired→7+get the sack
Synonyms
get fired
Easily confused
get fired
“After the merger, several employees got fired.”
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