sack

  • 51sack — 01. We peeled a whole [sack] of potatoes to make potato salad for the company picnic. 02. The school board has [sacked] a teacher who tried to kiss a 14 year old student. 03. You can buy a big [sack] of carrots at the farmer s market for only £3 …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 52sack — See: GET THE SACK at GET THE BOUNCE(2), GIVE THE SACK at GIVE THE BOUNCE(2), HIT THE HAY or HIT THE SACK, LEAVE HOLDING THE BAG or LEAVE HOLDING THE SACK …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 53sack — See: GET THE SACK at GET THE BOUNCE(2), GIVE THE SACK at GIVE THE BOUNCE(2), HIT THE HAY or HIT THE SACK, LEAVE HOLDING THE BAG or LEAVE HOLDING THE SACK …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 54Sack — Sandsäcke Gestapelte Kaffeesäcke …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 55sack — n. bag 1) a mail sack bed (colloq.) 2) to hit the sack ( to go to bed ) dismissal (colloq.) 3) to get the sack 4) to give smb. the sack * * * [sæk] [ bag ] a mail sack [ dismissal ] (colloq.) to get the sack to give …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 56sack — [[t]sæ̱k[/t]] ♦♦♦ sacks, sacking, sacked 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A sack is a large bag made of rough woven material. Sacks are used to carry or store things such as vegetables or coal. ...a sack of potatoes. 2) VERB If your employers sack you,… …

    English dictionary

  • 57sack — I. /sæk / (say sak) noun 1. a large bag of stout woven material, as for grain, potatoes, coal, etc. 2. the amount which a sack will hold, a varying unit of measure. 3. a woman s loose fitting, unbelted dress. 4. Also, sacque. a loose fitting coat …

  • 58sack — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a large strong bag, usu. made of hessian, paper, or plastic, for storing or conveying goods. b (usu. foll. by of) this with its contents (a sack of potatoes). c a quantity contained in a sack. 2 (prec. by the) colloq. dismissal… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 59sack — English has three separate words sack, one of them now a historical relic and the other two ultimately related. Sack ‘large bag’ [OE] was borrowed from Latin saccus (source also of English sac, sachet, and satchel). This in turn came from Greek… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 60sack — [sæk] noun I 1) [C] a large strong bag for storing and carrying things a sack of potatoes/flour[/ex] The sack was too heavy to lift.[/ex] 2) the sack [singular] British informal a situation in which someone is forced to leave their job We didn t… …

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