be out of a job
idiom
: to no longer have the job one has had
If the restaurant closes, she'll be out of a job.
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Employees at a Fort Worth bank with 70 years of history will soon be out of a job.
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Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
The rest seemed to be out of a job until Wednesday, when the judge ordered the Trump administration not to fire any additional workers during the government shutdown, and not to enforce the terminations carried out since last week.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
As such, anyone who took this type of interim role is going to be out of a job and possibly have something on their resume that will be a puzzlement.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
As a downstream employee of Redstone, Rather would soon be out of a job, just like four other CBS News staffers who were fired.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
The rest seemed to be out of a job until Wednesday, when the judge ordered the Trump administration not to fire any additional workers during the government shutdown, and not to enforce the terminations carried out since last week.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
As such, anyone who took this type of interim role is going to be out of a job and possibly have something on their resume that will be a puzzlement.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
As a downstream employee of Redstone, Rather would soon be out of a job, just like four other CBS News staffers who were fired.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Be out of a job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20out%20of%20a%20job. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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