fire someone

English - Turkish

Definition of fire someone in English Turkish dictionary: yangın kimse
give someone the ax: (deyim) İşten atmak
Poor Paul! He was given the ax two days before the Christmas.
build a fire under someone: (deyim) birine fitil vermek

English - English

Definition of fire someone in English English dictionary: dismiss a person from a job; (deyim) give someone the ax
Mary used to talk to her friends on the phone all day at work, until one day her boss finally gave her the ax.
hold someone's feet to the fire: To maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions
He kept tabs on presidents, monitored members of Congress, held bureaucrats' feet to the fire.
light someone's fire: To excite, to turn on
He’d prowled Houston’s titty bars for more than a decade, and he’d found the one woman who really lit his fire.
heap coals of fire on someone's head: {f} pay back evil with good as to have one's enemy feel guilt and regret past actions

fire someone

Hyphenation

fire some·one

fayr sʌmwʌn

/ˈfīr ˈsəmˌwən/ /ˈfaɪr ˈsʌmˌwʌn/

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