give the sack
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The boss fired his secretary today
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- retire hyponym
- pension off hyponym
- clean out hyponym
- furlough hyponym
- squeeze out hyponym
- send away hyponym
Related & opposite
- hire antonym
- dismission derivation
- dismissible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | hire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismission |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismissible |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pension off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeeze out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | send away |