relieve sb of sth
[usually passive] (END JOB) formal — phrasal verb with relieve /rɪˈliːv/ verbDefinition
C2 to remove someone from their job or position because they have done something wrong: Following the scandal, he was relieved of his post as deputy finance minister. The committee's chairperson is to be relieved of her duties. The general was relieved of his command in 1941.Firing staff and being fired
(Definition of relieve sb of sth (END JOB) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- axe noun
- be out on your ear idiom
- bloodletting noun
- cashier verb
- constructive dismissal noun
- defrock verb
- delayering noun
- elbow sb out phrasal verb
- firing noun (DISMISSAL)
- furlough verb
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- pink slip noun
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