fire someone

listen to the pronunciation of fire someone
English - Turkish
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
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

    Turkish pronunciation

    fayr sʌmwʌn

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfīr ˈsəmˌwən/ /ˈfaɪr ˈsʌmˌwʌn/
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