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outside job

outside job noun: a crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.

Noun

outside job (plural outside jobs)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, sarcastic) A crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.
    • The resource officer suspected the rape incident at our high school coffee shop was an outside job.
    Antonyms:
    inside job

Antonyms of outside job

Forms of outside job

pluraloutside jobs

Origin of outside job

From outside + job, by analogy with inside job.

Questions about outside job

What does outside job mean?
Outside job means a crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.
What part of speech is outside job?
Outside job is a noun.
What is the plural of outside job?
The plural of outside job is outside jobs.

Words near outside job in the dictionary

  1. outside forward
  2. outside forwards
  3. outside gross area
  4. outside gross areas
  5. outside in
  6. outside job
  7. outside jobs
  8. outside loop
  9. outside loops
  10. outside man
  11. outside men

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