jettison him
fire him
TRANSLATION
jettison = überbordwerfen, im Notwurf abwerfen, ausgebrannte Raketenstufe absprengen jettisonable: abwerfbar
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The wealthy Roman banker Agostino Chigi was famed for throwing indulgent al fresco dinner parties at his Villa Farnese, overlooking the Tiber river in Rome. After each course, he would instruct his astonished guests to JETTISON their dishes and cutlery into the river.
The gesture was less extravagant than it appeared, however; before each party servants would hang nets just below the river's surface, ensuring that none of Chigi's valuable tableware would be lost.
Chigi, Agostino (1465?-1520) Italian banker
The gesture was less extravagant than it appeared, however; before each party servants would hang nets just below the river's surface, ensuring that none of Chigi's valuable tableware would be lost.
Chigi, Agostino (1465?-1520) Italian banker
Did you
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jettison
Did you know that "Jettison" comes, via Anglo-French, from the Old French "getaison", meaning "action of throwing", and ultimately from the Latin verb "jactare", meaning "to throw".
The noun "jettison" ("a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship's load in time of distress") entered English in the 15th century and the verb in the 19th. This noun is also the source of the word "jetsam", which means "jettisoned goods" and which is often paired with "flotsam", meaning "floating wreckage".
These days you need not be on a sinking ship to "jettison" something. In addition to literally "throwing overboard", "jettison" means simply "to get rid of". You might "jettison" some old magazines that are cluttering your house. Or you might make plans, but "jettison" them at the last minute.
You can also jettison "ideas":
"When Jonathan learned that he was next in line for promotion, he jettisoned the idea of leaving the company."
Did you know that "Jettison" comes, via Anglo-French, from the Old French "getaison", meaning "action of throwing", and ultimately from the Latin verb "jactare", meaning "to throw".
The noun "jettison" ("a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship's load in time of distress") entered English in the 15th century and the verb in the 19th. This noun is also the source of the word "jetsam", which means "jettisoned goods" and which is often paired with "flotsam", meaning "floating wreckage".
These days you need not be on a sinking ship to "jettison" something. In addition to literally "throwing overboard", "jettison" means simply "to get rid of". You might "jettison" some old magazines that are cluttering your house. Or you might make plans, but "jettison" them at the last minute.
You can also jettison "ideas":
"When Jonathan learned that he was next in line for promotion, he jettisoned the idea of leaving the company."
