strike sb off (sth)
UK— phrasal verb with strike uk/straɪk/us/straɪk/verb struck, struck
If someone with a responsible job such as a doctor or lawyer is struck off, they are officially not allowed to continue in that work because of having done something seriously wrong:
A solicitor who insulted two officials from the Law Society was struck off for abusive behaviour.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- furlough
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- pension
- relieve
- relieve sb of sth
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sack
- sacking
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