sack
To put in a sack or sacksTo put in a sack or sacks.
» It's time to hit the sack.
Пора на боковую. — odexed
Час на бокову. — deniko
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6 senses(transitive)To put in a sack or sacks.
Help me sack the groceries.
put in a sack
(transitive)To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
(transitive)To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
The barbarians sacked Rome in 410 CE.
My sister wants to sack Tokyo.
plündern
plunder (a town) after capture
(transitive)To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
(informal, transitive)To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
He was sacked last September.
feuern, entlassen, rausschmeißen
увольня́тьuvolʹnjátʹ, уво́литьuvólitʹ
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
(Australia, slang, transitive)To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
Sack the homework.
Sack him, let's run.
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Origin
From Middle English sak, sek, sach, zech (“bag, sackcloth”), from Old English sacc (“sack,From Middle English sak, sek, sach, zech (“bag, sackcloth”), from Old English sacc (“sack, bag”) and sæċċ (“sackcloth, sacking”); both from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from late Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), borrowed from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic, possibly Phoenician or Hebrew.
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Forms
sacks, sacking, sacked, sackedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
42 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle