Tra từ sack - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sack [sack sacks sacked sacking] noun, verb BrE [sæk] NAmE [sæk]
noun
1. countable a large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying, for example flour, coal, etc.
2. countable (NAmE)a strong paper bag for carrying shopping
3. countable the contents of a sack
• They got through a sack of potatoes.
• (NAmE)two sacks of groceries
4. the sacksingular (BrE, informal)being told by your employer that you can no longer continue working for a company, etc, usually because of sth that you have done wrong
• He got the sack for swearing.
• Her work was so poor that she was given the sack.
•Four hundred workers face the sack.
5. the sacksingular (informal, especially NAmE)a bed
•He caught them in the sack together.
6. (usually the sack)singular (formal)the act of stealing or destroying property in a captured town
•the sack of Rome
see to hit the hay/sack at ↑hit _v.

Word Origin:
v. sense 1 and v. sense 3 n. senses 1 to 5 Old English sacc Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’ Greek sakkos Semitic v. sense 2 and n. sense 6 mid 16th cent. French sac mettre à sac ‘put to sack’ Italian fare il sacco mettere a sacco

Example Bank:
•Hundreds of postal workers are facing the sack.
•I decided to hit the sack and have an early night.
•She got the sack after 20 years of service.
•The kittens had been tied up in a sack and thrown in the river.
•They filled the sacks with potatoes.
•a sack of coal
•bulging sacks of toys
Derived: ↑sack out

verb
1. ~ sb (informal, especially BrE)to dismiss sb from a job
Syn: ↑fire
• She was sacked for refusing to work on Sundays.
2. ~ sth (of an army, etc, especially in the past) to destroy things and steal property in a town or building
• Rome was sacked by the Goths in 410.
3. ~ sb (in ↑American football)to knock down the ↑quarterback
•The quarterback was sacked on the 45 yard line, and it was first down for the other team.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. sense 1 and v. sense 3 n. senses 1 to 5 Old English sacc Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’ Greek sakkos Semitic v. sense 2 and n. sense 6 mid 16th cent. French sac mettre à sac ‘put to sack’ Italian fare il sacco mettere a sacco

Thesaurus:
sack verb T, often passive (especially BrE, informal)
•She was sacked for refusing to work on Sundays.
fire • • dismiss • • lay sb off • • let sb go • |BrE make sb redundant • |especially BrE, informal give sb the sack • |formal discharge • |journalism) (BrE axe • |AmE ax •
sack sb/fire sb/dismiss sb/lay sb off/make sb redundant/give sb the sack/discharge sb from a job
sack/fire/dismiss/lay off/axe staff/workers/empoyees
make staff/workers/empoyees redundant
let staff/employees go

Collocations:
Unemployment
Losing your job
lose your job
(BrE) become/be made redundant
be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
face/be threatened with dismissal/(BrE) the sack/(BrE) compulsory redundancy
dismiss/fire/ (especially BrE) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
lay off staff/workers/employees
(AustralE, NZE, SAfrE) retrench workers
cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
(BrE) make staff/workers/employees redundant
Being unemployed
be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
seek/look for work/employment
be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both BrE) unemployment benefit/jobseeker's allowance
be/go/live/sign (BrE, informal) on the dole
claim/draw/get (BrE, informal) the dole
be on/qualify for (NAmE) unemployment (compensation)
be/go/live/depend (NAmE) on welfare
collect/receive (NAmE) welfare
combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment

Example Bank:
•The army rebelled and sacked the palace.