pink-slips 1 of 2
verb
as in sacks
to let go from office, service, or employment the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sacks
- fires
- removes
- dismisses
- retires
- releases
- axes
- turns off
- lays off
- discharges
- shows (someone) the door
- sends packing
- cashiers
- musters out
- terminates
- cans
- kicks out
- bounces
- downsizes
- excesses
- furloughs
- drums (out)
- trims
- throws out
- separates
- boots (out)
- chucks (out)
- unseats
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- signs (up or on)
- retains
- hires
- employs
- takes on
- engages
- keeps
- contracts
- rehires
- reemploys
- subcontracts
- recruits
pink slips
2 of 2noun
as in bum's rushes
Synonyms & Similar Words
- bum's rushes
- boots
- firings
- heave-hos
- sacks
- birds
- dismissals
- axes
- furloughs
- shutdowns
- layoffs
- closings
- shakeouts
- redundancies
- discharges
- shake-ups
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reemployments
- recalls
- callbacks
- re-employments
- rehires
- bitter melon
- bitter nightshade
- bitter orange
- bitter osier
- bitter pecan
- bitter pepper
- bitter pill
- bitter pit
- bitter rot
- bitter rubberweed
- bitter spar
- bitter thistle
- bitter vetch
- bitter waternut
- bitter willow
- bitter-ender
- bitterbark
- bitterbloom
- bitterbrush
- bitterbrushes
- bitterbush
- bittercresses
- bittered
- bitterenders
- bitterer