sack : Idioms & Phrases

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dressing sack

  • noun a woman's loose jacket; worn while dressing
    dressing sacque.
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give the sack

  • verb terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    give the axe; send away; fire; dismiss; terminate; displace; sack; give notice; force out; can.
    • The boss fired his secretary today
    • The company terminated 25% of its workers
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gunny sack

  • noun a bag made of burlap
    burlap bag; gunnysack.
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halter-sack

Hal"ter-sack` noun
Definitions
  1. A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. Obs. Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1913

hit the sack

  • verb prepare for sleep
    retire; hit the sack; bed; kip down; turn in; go to bed; go to sleep; crawl in; hit the hay.
    • I usually turn in at midnight
    • He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
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Sack bearer

  • (Zoöl.). See Basket worm, under Basket.
Webster 1913

sack coat

  • noun man's hiplength coat with a straight back; the jacket of a suit
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sack out

  • verb prepare for sleep
    retire; hit the sack; bed; kip down; turn in; go to bed; go to sleep; crawl in; hit the hay.
    • I usually turn in at midnight
    • He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
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Sack posset

  • a posset made of sack, and some other ingredients.
Webster 1913

sack race

  • noun a novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack
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Sack tree

  • (Bot.), an East Indian tree (Antiaris saccidora) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the wood for a bottom.
Webster 1913

sack up

  • verb make as a net profit
    clear; net; sack.
    • The company cleared $1 million
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sack-winged

Sack"-winged` adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
Webster 1913

sad sack

  • noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
    bumbler; bungler; fumbler; blunderer; butcher; stumbler; botcher; fuckup.
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To give the sack

  • . Same as To give the bag.
Webster 1913

To give the sack to ∨ get the sack

  • to discharge, or be discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted. Slang
Webster 1913

Yolk sack

  • (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under Unbilical.
Webster 1913