n. 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