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OUT OF WORK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does out of work mean?
• OUT OF WORK (adjective)
The adjective OUT OF WORK has 1 sense:
1. not having a job
Familiarity information: OUT OF WORK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not having a job
Synonyms:
Context example:
many people in the area were out of work
Similar:
unemployed (not engaged in a gainful occupation)
Context examples
Or if your husband or wife has been out of work for a long time, he or she may secure a new position, or other significant changes may occur regarding your partner.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
‘Have you kept in touch with the market while you have been out of work?’ he asked.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I left the house a little after eight o’clock this morning in the character of a groom out of work.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is safe for you to take a job when Mercury is retrograde if you have been out of work a long time—it’s too risky not to do so.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
One last word—if you have been out of work a long time and you receive a job offer, take it and run with it.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I would rather you not, but if you have been out of work a long time, by all means grab it.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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