Get the Sack

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https://www.idiomsandslang.com/get-the-sack-be-sacked/

Get the Sack, Be Sacked
Definition: To be fired
Example: “Be sacked” is known and understood on the USA, but “get the sack” is much less common.

For this idiom, do you use "be sacked" more in the US?

 

[GoesStation]

We don't use sacked to mean "dismissed from a job" very often in American English. "Fired" is much more usual here.

Write in the USA.

 

[Skrej]

I'm going to disagree with Goes on this one. I think 'get sacked' is fairly common in AmE. I don't know that I've heard 'get the sack' used much, however, so I do agree with that part.

It might be regional, too.