phrasal verb / idiom · informal

get the sack

UK/ɡet ðə sæk/US/ɡɛt ðə sæk/get the SACK

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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 sackI will get the sack

He got fireded yesterday.He got fired yesterday.

Say it for a higher band

5lose job6get fired7+get the sack

Synonyms

get fired

Easily confused

get fired

After the merger, several employees got fired.

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