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don't dip your pen in company ink

don't dip your pen in company ink is the alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.

Meaning of you don't dip your pen in company ink

Proverb

you don't dip your pen in company ink

  1. One should avoid romantic or sexual relationships in the workplace.
    • "In my job, young hot things have been coming up to me for years," says Fletcher, the retired pilot. "You don't dip your pen in company ink."1998 September 28, Roxanne Roberts, “Men's Bad Rep: Just a Bad Rap?”, in Washington Post, retrieved 13 Dec 2008, page A1

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Don't dip your pen in company ink is the alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.

Words near don't dip your pen in company ink in the dictionary

  1. don't count your chicks before they're hatched
  2. don't cry for me, Argentina
  3. don't cry over spilled milk
  4. don't cut yourself on that edge
  5. don't diet, try it
  6. don't dip your pen in company ink
  7. don't do anything I wouldn't do
  8. don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
  9. don't drop the soap
  10. don't even think about it
  11. don't feed the troll

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