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Get the Sack

To be dismissed from job, told to leave something with prejudice

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  • Many expressions which meant to terminate someone from job, or when one is told to be discharged from something have been used. The expression “get the sack” might be recorded in the 16th century. Workmen in those days used to carry their tools in a sack while they travel from place to place for a job. When a man got dismissed from work, he was told to get his sack meaning he should pack up his tools and leave.
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George was shocked to get the sack from his boss despite his great efforts and work for the company.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

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