sack
/sæk/ verb B2- To put in a sack or sacks. · Help me sack the groceries.
- To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
- 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.
- To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
- To discharge from a job or position; to fire. · He was sacked last September.
He/she/it sacks · Past sacked · Past participle sacked · -ing form sacking
Verb forms
- Base form
- sack
- He/she/it
- sacks
- Past
- sacked
- Past participle
- sacked
- -ing form
- sacking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Its head was a small sack stuffed with straw, with eyes, nose, and mouth painted on it to represent a face.
His road home lay across a stream into which his Ass, making a false step, fell by accident and rose up again with his load considerably lighter, as the water melted the sack.
“Yes,” said the Horse; “if any remains out of what I am now eating I will give it you for the sake of my own superior dignity, and if you will come when I reach my own stall in the evening, I will give you a little sack full of barley.” The Ass replied, “Thank you.
“They may give him the honors of the sack.”
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