verb
1. stop associating with (Freq. 1)
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They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
• Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑send packing, ↑drop
• Hypernyms:
↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑can, ↑dismiss, ↑give the axe, ↑sack, ↑force out, ↑give the sack, ↑terminate
• Verb Group: ↑drop
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
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The boss fired his secretary today
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The company terminated 25% of its workers
• Syn:
↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑can, ↑dismiss, ↑give the axe, ↑sack, ↑force out, ↑give the sack, ↑terminate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sack (for: ↑sack), ↑sacking (for: ↑sack), ↑dismissible (for: ↑dismiss), ↑dismission (for: ↑dismiss), ↑dismissal (for: ↑dismiss), ↑firing (for: ↑fire)
• Hypernyms: ↑remove
• Hyponyms:
↑retire, ↑pension off, ↑clean out, ↑furlough, ↑lay off, ↑squeeze out, ↑dismiss, ↑send packing, ↑drop
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Somebody ——s somebody to INFINITIVE
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Somebody ——s PP
(for: ↑give the sack)-
Somebody ——s PP
(for: ↑give the axe)Useful english dictionary. 2012.