sacked
Given the boot
Sacked means fired from a job, chiefly British: He got sacked for showing up drunk.
The image is of a worker being handed a sack to collect their belongings on the way out.
In American football, sacked describes a quarterback tackled behind the line of scrimmage: The quarterback was sacked three times in the first half.
Sacked also means plundered or looted, as when an army sacks a conquered city.
Brought to an end
- dismissedReleased from duty
- let goCease holding something
- axedAbruptly dismissed
- cannedSealed for preservation
discharged · laid off · downsized · released · booted · ousted · given notice · shown the door
Robbed through violence
- plunderedForcibly took valuables
- ransackedSearched destructively for valuables
- raidedAttacked by surprise
- despoiledViolently stripped bare
ravaged · stripped · marauded · conquered · invaded · devastated · razed · overrun
Engaged with forcefully
- downedBrought low, consumed
- blindsidedSurprised by unforeseen impact
- blitzedExtremely intoxicated
- rushedDone with excessive speed
hit · flattened · leveled · quarterback · passer · pocket · backfield · lineman
Flexible carrying container
- burlapCoarse woven fiber
- bundledGathered and tied together
- packedFilled to capacity
- filledMade full, occupied
stuffed · tied · hauled · loaded · carried · gunny · hessian
terminated
Brought to an end
canned · discharged · laid off · downsized · released · booted · ousted · given notice · shown the door · made redundant
pillaged
Robbed through violence
- plunderedForcibly took valuables
- ransackedSearched destructively for valuables
- raidedAttacked by surprise
despoiled · ravaged · stripped · marauded · conquered · invaded · devastated · razed · overrun · besieged
tackled
Engaged with forcefully
- downedBrought low, consumed
- blindsidedSurprised by unforeseen impact
- blitzedExtremely intoxicated
rushed · hit · flattened · leveled · quarterback · passer · pocket · backfield · lineman · defensive end
bag
Flexible carrying container
filled · stuffed · tied · hauled · loaded · carried · gunny · hessian
hit the hay
Go to sleep, informally
- turned inSubmitted or went bedward
- retiredNo longer in workforce
- went to bedEnded one's day
crashed · slept · dozed off · lights out · exhausted · tired · sleepy · bedtime
- oustedfired, axed, canned, terminated, dismissed
- UK Employmentemployee rights, redundancy, maternity leave, paternity leave, sick pay
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, annihilated, obliterated, decimated
- hit the sackGo to sleep
- sad sacksInept, pitiful people
- hitting the sackGoing to bed
- sack raceBagged hopping contest
- potato sackBurlap container for tubers
- sack lunchHomemade meal in bag
sack, sacking, sacks, sackful, sackcloth, sacklike, sackfuls