The boss was fired him from his job. vs He was fired from his job.

The second phrase "he was fired from his job." is correct, while the first phrase "the boss was fired him from his job." is incorrect. In English, the passive voice is used when the focus is on the person or thing affected by the action, not the one performing the action.

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The boss was fired him from his job.

This phrase is incorrect. In English, the passive voice should be used when the focus is on the person or thing affected by the action, not the one performing the action.

The correct form would be "the boss fired him from his job."

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He fired your son from his job.
I mean, he's apart from his job.
S good cop separates feelings from his job.
Don't know the details, but do know that he was - definitely laid off from his job.
Other than he did have to take the bus home from his job.
I was trying to figure out where Simms was last night, and I remembered that he'd made two calls to his ex, but only the first was from his job.
Conrad: Angelo's returning from his job upstate.
Diplomatic cables from his job at the Iranian consulate.
The suspect could've stolen that from his job...
He got fired from his job, so he's depressed.
He's filed for unemployment benefits twice, each time after being fired from his job at an engineering firm.
The upstairs tenant got fired from his job, he's moving out.
Got fired from his job, came to live with me.
Just because he could have picked up any one of a hundred exotic diseases from his job doesn't mean he didn't.
Just because he drank a little too much and quit law school and he got fired from his job, it doesn't make him less of a man.
The key Commission official responsible for CSR appears to have been moved from his job, perhaps to make way for this new 'consensus'.
Heard he's returned from his job
Mary knows that John, her husband, is about to be fired from his job, which will make it hard for the family to survive.
In view of the fact that Scotland will not be playing in the World Cup, Bertie Vogts should probably be sacked from his job as coach.
He'd been laid off from his job, which caused him some mild anxiety, but in my opinion, he was not clinically depressed.

Alternatives:

the boss fired him from his job.

He was fired from his job.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It is in the passive voice, where the focus is on the person affected by the action.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone lost their job, without specifying who performed the firing.

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He was fired from his last job at costco.
I was fired from my job.
I got fired from a temp job.
He got us fired from a big job.
By the time Pierce was my age, he had already been fired from 15 jobs.
It could get her fired from her job.
But it's probably not as scary as getting fired from your job.
I had already been fired from my second job.
He's a fragile bunny right now since he got fired from another temp job.
Ever since her father had me fired from my last job.
Dear Miss Mitchell, 4 years ago I was fired out of my job.
You know, I was. I was fired from a job recently.
I'll bet the President realized that you can't have voters asking why the second longest-serving F.B.l. Director got fired for doing his job.
He got fired from his job, so he's depressed.
He's filed for unemployment benefits twice, each time after being fired from his job at an engineering firm.
The upstairs tenant got fired from his job, he's moving out.
Got fired from his job, came to live with me.
Just because he drank a little too much and quit law school and he got fired from his job, it doesn't make him less of a man.
Mary knows that John, her husband, is about to be fired from his job, which will make it hard for the family to survive.
And you got fired from your job today.

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The boss was fired him from his job. vs He was fired from his job.