give someone their cards (English, verb)
expansion: give someone their cards (third-person singular simple present gives someone their cards, present participle giving someone their cards, simple past gave someone their cards, past participle given someone their cards)
Senses:
glosses: To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant.
tags: British
Ireland
idiomatic
slang
Forms:
form: gives someone their cards
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving someone their cards
tags: participle
present
form: gave someone their cards
tags: past
form: given someone their cards
tags: participle
past