hand someone their cards (English, verb)
expansion: hand someone their cards (third-person singular simple present hands someone their cards, present participle handing someone their cards, simple past and past participle handed someone their cards)
Senses:
glosses: To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant.
tags: British
Ireland
idiomatic
slang
Forms:
form: hands someone their cards
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: handing someone their cards
tags: participle
present
form: handed someone their cards
tags: participle
past
form: handed someone their cards
tags: past
form: give someone his cards
tags: alternative