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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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 If not for a massive buyout (reportedly $33 million), Calipari would be out of a job. —

Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for be out of a job

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