The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - sackn.

1) pouch, bag, Scots and US dialect poke; Technical sac: She bought a 10-pound sack of potatoes. 2) hit the sack. retire, turn in, go to bed or to sleep, Slang hit the hay, Brit kip (down) , US sack out: I need my beauty sleep so I'm going to hit the sack. 3) the sack. dismissal, discharge, firing, Colloq heave-ho, the axe, marching orders, US pink slip, bounce, Chiefly US and Canadian walking papers, Slang Brit the boot, the chop, the push: Ten of us got the sack when the new management took over. --v. 4) dismiss, discharge, fire, let go, lay off, Brit make or declare redundant, Colloq give (someone) the axe or the (old) heave-ho, give (someone) his or her marching orders, Brit give (someone) the sack, US bounce, Slang Brit give (someone) the boot or the chop or the push: Now that he's been sacked, Norman will be able to spend more time with the children.