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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If not for a massive buyout (reportedly $33 million), Calipari would be out of a job.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
Without it, Pirenne and his colleagues could be out of a job by this summer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
The country will have to find a way to limit the risks for the many people who will be out of a job, while still capturing the full economic benefits the new technology can offer.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
The pivotal, controversial figure of Benjamin Netanyahu Political commentators have speculated that Netanyahu will almost certainly be out of a job when the war is over.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
If the club adopts the same approach this season, one of the three backup RBs will be out of a job.
—Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2020
One private medical office manager in Coventry, who did not want to be named in this story, said the vaccine mandate means her entire office staff will be out of a job come October.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
One of the most successful agents in hip-hop could soon be out of a job in what sources are describing as a management clash at one of the biggest agencies in music.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2020
Of course, that means that eight per cent of the state’s health-care workforce—more than fifty thousand people—may soon be out of a job.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021
Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
Without it, Pirenne and his colleagues could be out of a job by this summer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
The country will have to find a way to limit the risks for the many people who will be out of a job, while still capturing the full economic benefits the new technology can offer.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
The pivotal, controversial figure of Benjamin Netanyahu Political commentators have speculated that Netanyahu will almost certainly be out of a job when the war is over.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
If the club adopts the same approach this season, one of the three backup RBs will be out of a job.
—Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2020
One private medical office manager in Coventry, who did not want to be named in this story, said the vaccine mandate means her entire office staff will be out of a job come October.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
One of the most successful agents in hip-hop could soon be out of a job in what sources are describing as a management clash at one of the biggest agencies in music.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2020
Of course, that means that eight per cent of the state’s health-care workforce—more than fifty thousand people—may soon be out of a job.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021
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