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out of a job

out of a job prepositional phrase: having lost one's job; unemployed.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Having lost one's job; unemployed.
    • After the management automated the factory, the machinists were out of a job.
    Synonyms:
    unemployed

Synonyms of out of a job

Questions about out of a job

What does out of a job mean?
Out of a job means having lost one's job; unemployed.
What part of speech is out of a job?
Out of a job is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of a job in the dictionary

  1. out lap
  2. out laps
  3. out like a light
  4. out loud
  5. out of
  6. out of a job
  7. out of a nightmare
  8. out of action
  9. Out of Africa
  10. out of all proportion
  11. out of battery

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