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up or out

up or out noun: the practice of forcing employees not promoted in a timely fashion to terminate employment.

Noun

up or out (uncountable)

  1. The practice of forcing employees not promoted in a timely fashion to terminate employment.
    • We follow up or out at six years. Either you become a partner or you are gone.

Words formed from up or out

Questions about up or out

What does up or out mean?
Up or out means the practice of forcing employees not promoted in a timely fashion to terminate employment.
What part of speech is up or out?
Up or out is a noun.

Words near up or out in the dictionary

  1. up one's game
  2. up one's own ass
  3. up one's sleeve
  4. up one's sleeves
  5. up oneself
  6. up or out
  7. up poo creek
  8. up quark
  9. up quarks
  10. up round
  11. up rounds

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