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PINK SLIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pink slip mean?
• PINK SLIP (noun)
The noun PINK SLIP has 1 sense:
1. official notice that you have been fired from your job
Familiarity information: PINK SLIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Official notice that you have been fired from your job
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
dismissal; dismission; pink slip
Hypernyms ("pink slip" is a kind of...):
notice (advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pink slip"):
marching orders; walking papers ((informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge)
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