discharge someone from something

discharge someone from something
discharge someone from something
1. to fire someone from a job. •

The manager discharged Walter from his position with the bank.

Walter was discharged from his job.

2. to permit a person to leave a place, such as a hospital or the armed service. •

They discharged her from the hospital today.

She was well enough to be discharged from the hospital.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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