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selects out

selects out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of select out.

Meaning of select out

Verb

select out (third-person singular simple present selects out, present participle selecting out, simple past and past participle selected out)

  1. (US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire (an employee).
    • During the past week employees of grade 13 and above in the Agency for International Development, which is seeking legislation to "select out" employees without regard to civil service laws, received invitations.1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary, Privacy and the Rights of Federal Employees: Hearings

Questions about selects out

What is selects out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Selects out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of select out.

Words near selects out in the dictionary

  1. selectperson
  2. selectpersons
  3. selectron
  4. selectrons
  5. selects
  6. selects out
  7. selectwoman
  8. selectwomen
  9. selegiline
  10. selekeh
  11. selen-

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