give someone their cards
"give-someone-their-cards" is a 21-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“give someone their cards” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-give-someone-their-cards · give someone their cards · English
give someone their cards · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | give someone their cards |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “give someone their cards” in English
Rare enough to double-check
give someone their cards is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for give someone their cards in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is give someone their cards, spelled G-I-V-E- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E- -T-H-E-I-R- -C-A-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how give someone their cards appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
HEAD WAITER: It’s filthy! Gaston, find out who washed this up and give them their cards immediately!
Her noble husband, in urgent need of an heir, has dispatched her here with instructions to get herself into working order; should this not come to pass, Monica will be given her cards and told to vacate the premises so that Sir John can make alternative arrangements.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.