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mutually consenting

mutually consenting is the present participle and gerund of mutually consent.

Meaning of mutually consent

Verb

mutually consent (third-person singular simple present mutually consents, present participle mutually consenting, simple past and past participle mutually consented)

  1. (euphemistic, humorous, transitive) To force out of a job; to sack with plausible deniability.
    • Jose Mourinho has finally admitted that he was sacked as Chelsea manager in 2015, not ‘mutually consented’.2016 October 22, Matt Stead, “Mourinho admits he was fired, not ‘mutually consented’”, in Football365
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mutually, consent.

Questions about mutually consenting

What is mutually consenting the present participle and gerund of?
Mutually consenting is the present participle and gerund of mutually consent.

Words near mutually consenting in the dictionary

  1. mutuall
  2. mutually
  3. mutually assured destruction
  4. mutually consent
  5. mutually consented
  6. mutually consenting
  7. mutually consents
  8. mutually exclusive
  9. mutually intelligible
  10. mutualness
  11. mutuals

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