Synonyms and antonyms of Forcing someone and being forced to leave a job in British Thesaurus

fire (verb)

to make someone leave their job, sometimes as a punishment

lay off ()

to end someone’s employment, especially temporarily, because there is not enough work for them

retire (verb)

to force someone to leave their job, especially before they reach the age when they are officially too old to work

discharge (verb)

to allow or force someone to leave an official job or position

dismiss (verb)

to force someone to leave their job

ease out ()

to make someone leave a job or position without saying anything publicly

pension off ()

to force someone to stop working and give them a pension

pay off ()

to stop employing a worker and give them any money that they are owed

sack (verb)

Britishinformal to tell someone that they can no longer work at their job

give someone notice ()

to tell someone that they must leave their job

the axe (noun)

mainly journalism a situation in which a government, a company, or an organization decides to end something or to get rid of a worker or their job

be for the chop ()

to be likely to be forced to leave your job

be out on your ear ()

to be suddenly forced to leave your home, your job, or your place in an organization

bump (verb)

Americaninformal to take someone’s job away from them

buy out someone’s contract (American)

American to pay a person or organization the rest of an amount of money that has been promised in a contract so that someone can leave or be forced to leave their job early

can (verb)

Americaninformal to sack someone

chuck out (informal)

informal to force someone to leave a place or a job, usually because they have done something wrong

constructive dismissal (noun)

British something an employer does in order to try to make a worker decide to leave their job

defrock (verb)

to remove a priest from their job because they have done something wrong

demise (verb)

business a euphemism meaning to fire someone from their job or make them redundant

dismissal (noun)

an act of making someone leave their job

eject (verb)

to force someone to leave a job or organization

elbow out ()

to make someone leave a job or position so that you or someone else can take their place

fall (verb)

to lose a position of power

furlough (verb)

American to allow or order someone to leave work for a period of time

get/be given the chop ()

to be forced to leave your job

get/be given your cards ()

to be told by your employer that you no longer have a job

get out ()

to remove someone from their job, especially from a position of political power

get the boot ()

to be told to leave your job or your school

give someone/get the push ()

if someone gives you the push, or if you get the push, you are sent away from your job

give someone the heave-ho ()

to tell someone that they have to leave their job

hatchet man (noun)

informal someone employed by a company to do a job that is not popular with other people, especially to get rid of members of staff

last in, first out ()

used for saying that the person who started to work for an employer most recently should be the first to leave if the number of workers is reduced

lay-off (noun)

a situation in which an employer ends a worker’s employment, especially temporarily, because there is not enough work for them

let someone go (informal)

informal to officially tell someone that they can no longer work at a job

marching orders (noun)

informal an act of telling someone that they must leave a place or that they are no longer wanted, needed, or employed

outplacement (noun)

the process of finding new jobs for people in your company who have been forced to leave because their job no longer exists

pink slip (noun)

Americaninformal notice that an employer gives to someone telling them that they are no longer employed

put someone out to grass ()

to force someone to leave a job because they are old and no longer useful

put someone out to pasture (humorous)

humorous to make someone leave their job because they are considered to be too old

redundancy (noun)

British a situation in which someone is told to leave their job because they are no longer needed

relieve of (formal)

formal to make someone leave their job, usually because they have done something wrong

removal (noun)

the process of making someone leave a job or position of power

retrench (verb)

Australian to make a worker redundant

the sack (noun)

Britishinformal a situation in which the management of a company ends someone’s job

sacking (noun)

Britishinformal an act of forcing someone to leave their job

severance (noun)

a situation in which money is paid to a worker who is forced to leave a company because they are no longer needed

stand down (Australian)

Australian to stop employing someone, often temporarily, because there is not enough work for them

to be Bangalored ()

if someone or their job is Bangalored, they lose their job because the work has been moved to another country where labour is cheaper

walking papers (noun)

American marching orders