Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
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Both words in one sentence
- On defense, however, their weak defensive line keeps them from sacking or putting pressure on the QB, and they can't stop running plays from picking up yards.
Source: Glass Cannon / Video Games -
That is, for the first time in a Total War game, instead of conquering or sacking a town, you can burn it to the ground, and the Huns do this to every town they take, so the survivors of every faction they attack flee directly into your underprotected empire.
Source: Harder Than Hard -
Takami, thanks to his build and training, is a quarterback with precise and high- altitude pass, but thanks to injury in his legs, can't move quick enough to avoid sacking.
Source: Crippling Overspecialization
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