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Collocations for sack - noun

1. large bag

ADJ.

bulging
bulging sacks of toys
hessian, paper, plastic, stuff | flour, mail, potato, refuse

VERB + SACK

fill
They filled the sacks with potatoes.
put sth in, tie sb/sth (up) in
The kittens had been tied up in a sack and thrown in the river.
empty | carry (sth in)

SACK + VERB

be filled with sth, be full of sth

PREP.

in a/the ~ | ~ of
a sack of coal

2. the sack: dismissal from your job

VERB + SACK

get
She got the sack after 20 years of service.
give sb | be threatened with, face
Hundreds of postal workers are facing the sack.

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