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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Trump himself has said if he's elected, Smith will be out of a job.
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Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
The cascading economic effects would also cause job losses for American citizens: one estimate projects that for every one million undocumented workers deported, 88,000 U.S. citizens stand to be out of a job.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2024
Becerra, who preceded Bonta as attorney general, has been quietly efficient in the cabinet, but would be out of a job if President Biden loses this fall.
—Thomas D. Elias, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
Unless Grand Union could find new owners for its 43 supermarkets and six Basics Food Warehouses, many of those people would be out of a job.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
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Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
The cascading economic effects would also cause job losses for American citizens: one estimate projects that for every one million undocumented workers deported, 88,000 U.S. citizens stand to be out of a job.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2024
Becerra, who preceded Bonta as attorney general, has been quietly efficient in the cabinet, but would be out of a job if President Biden loses this fall.
—Thomas D. Elias, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
Unless Grand Union could find new owners for its 43 supermarkets and six Basics Food Warehouses, many of those people would be out of a job.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
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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 22 Nov. 2024.
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