send away vs give the sack

send away and give the sack both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
send away	No	No	Yes	No
give the sack	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, send away and give the sack are synonyms defined as:

send away and give the sack: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

Other synonyms of send away include can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, sack, terminate.

As verbs, give the sack is a hypernym of send away; that is, give the sack is a word with a broader meaning than send away:

send away: stop associating with
give the sack: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

Other hypernyms of send away include can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, sack, send away, terminate.

send away (verb)	give the sack (verb)
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
stop associating with