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give one's notice

give one's notice is the alternative form of give notice.

Meaning of give notice

Verb

give notice (third-person singular simple present gives notice, present participle giving notice, simple past gave notice, past participle given notice)

  1. (idiomatic) To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.
    • He gave notice yesterday that he'll leave in two weeks.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, notice.
    • Having got its Act, the M.B.M. & M.J.R. apparently had misgivings about the route, in view of the very heavy engineering works that would be necessary, and on November 9, 1846, the company gave notice of a further bill for a deviated line, which was passed into law on July 22, 1847.1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149

Forms of give one's notice

third-person singular presentgives one's notice
present participlegiving one's notice
pastgave one's notice
past participlegiven one's notice

Questions about give one's notice

What is give one's notice the alternative form of?
Give one's notice is the alternative form of give notice.

Words near give one's notice in the dictionary

  1. give one's best
  2. give one's daughter away
  3. give one's eye-teeth
  4. give one's head a shake
  5. give one's left nut
  6. give one's notice
  7. give one's right arm
  8. give one's word
  9. give oneself airs
  10. give or take
  11. give out

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