dismiss

Meaning

To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
To order to leave.
To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
To reject; to refuse to accept.
To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
To get a batsman out.
To give someone a red card; to send off.

fire

🔥

send packing

give the sack

disapprove of

give leave

look askance at

make redundant

expell

usher out

push aside

scare away

separate off

separate out

tap off

detract from

freeze off

key out

move back

fire from a job

wave aside

relieve of office

discharge from

allow to go

give the bounce

knock cold

run roughshod

secernate

severalise

severalize

amove

pink-slip

expulse

dismiss from office

relieve of one’s post

throw out of employment

can suspend

beat back

drive back

keep apart

Frequency

Hyphenated as

dis‧miss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈmɪs/

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).

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