out+of+employment

  • 131hire out — {v.}, {informal} 1. To accept a job; take employment. * /Frank hired out as a saxophonist with a dance band./ 2. To rent (as owner). * /John used to hire out his tractor sometimes when he didn t need it himself./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 132sleep-out — /sleep owt /, adj. 1. live out. n. 2. a person who lives elsewhere than at the place of employment. 3. an act or instance of sleeping outdoors. [1910 15; adj., n. use of v. phrase sleep out] * * * …

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