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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As a downstream employee of Redstone, Rather would soon be out of a job, just like four other CBS News staffers who were fired.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Hemant Makhija, who heads the fabrics department at Orient Craft, estimates some 20 million workers at cotton mills across India could be out of a job.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Factor in the addition of Mack Hollins to the receiver room, and there's a real chance Polk could be out of a job.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
The drug is so cheap and effective, this patient had concluded, that Johnson would be out of a job if everyone knew about it.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Hemant Makhija, who heads the fabrics department at Orient Craft, estimates some 20 million workers at cotton mills across India could be out of a job.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Factor in the addition of Mack Hollins to the receiver room, and there's a real chance Polk could be out of a job.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
The drug is so cheap and effective, this patient had concluded, that Johnson would be out of a job if everyone knew about it.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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