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liftout

liftout noun: the practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.

Noun

liftout (plural liftouts)

  1. The practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.
  2. A quotation taken from the main text and given special visual treatment.
    Synonyms:
    pullout, pull quote
  3. A rescue by means of aircraft.
    • If helicopter liftouts and lovers on the lam got the media excited, the film industry wove moonbeams.2018, John Kerr, Wanted: John & Lucy

Synonyms of liftout

Forms of liftout

pluralliftouts

Origin of liftout

Deverbal from lift out.

Questions about liftout

What does liftout mean?
Liftout means the practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.
What part of speech is liftout?
Liftout is a noun.
What is the plural of liftout?
The plural of liftout is liftouts.

Words near liftout in the dictionary

  1. liftman
  2. liftmen
  3. liftoff
  4. liftoffs
  5. Lifton
  6. liftout
  7. liftouts
  8. liftover
  9. liftovers
  10. lifts
  11. lifts a finger

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