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1 to give someone the sack
to give someone the sackcoll demitir alguém. -
2 sack
I [sæk] noun(a large bag of coarse cloth, strong paper or plastic: The potatoes were put into sacks.) saco- sacking- sackcloth II [sæk] verb(to dismiss (a person) from his job: One of the workmen was sacked for drunkenness.) despedir* * *sack1[sæk] n 1 saco. 2 saca, conteúdo de um saco. 3 = link=sacque sacque. 4 vestido-saco. 5 coll despedida de emprego, demissão. 6 sl cama. 7 Baseball base. • vt 1 ensacar. 2 despedir, demitir. sack coat capa curta. sack handling plant instalação para o transporte de sacos. to get the sack coll ser demitido. to give someone the sack coll demitir alguém. to hit the sack ir para a cama, ir dormir.————————sack2[sæk] n saque, roubo, pilhagem. they put the town to sack / pilharam a cidade. • vt saquear, pilhar, devastar.————————sack3[sæk] n vinho branco da Espanha e das Canárias. -
3 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) bater2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) bater3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) atingir4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) alcançar2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) golpe2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) ponto3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) sucesso•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with* * *[hit] n 1 golpe, pancada, estocada. 2 sucesso, sorte. 3 ataque, crítica. • vt+vi (ps and pp hit) 1 dar um golpe, dar uma pancada (at em). he hit me a blow / ele me deu uma pancada. 2 acertar, atingir. he was hit by the ball / ele foi atingido pela bola. his hand was hit by the knife / a sua mão foi ferida pela faca. a lucky hit um bom lance, um golpe feliz. he hit the town coll ele chegou à cidade. hit or miss a esmo. to hit against bater contra. to hit it off concordar. to hit it up injetar drogas. to hit off imitar ou descrever perfeitamente. to hit the bottle beber muito, em excesso. to hit the ceilving/ roof ficar com raiva. to hit the hay/ sack ir dormir, ir para a cama. to hit the jackpot acertar na sorte grande. to hit the nail on the head dar na trilha. to hit the road partir, pegar a estrada. to hit upon encontrar, topar com. to make a hit with someone a) ficar popular. b) impressionar alguém. you have hit my taste você acertou meu gosto.
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give someone the sack — give (someone) the sack get the sack to be told to leave your job. After only 2 weeks she was given the sack for being rude to a customer … New idioms dictionary
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