pink slipped
/pɪŋk slɪpt/
adjective
- Having been fired or dismissed from a job, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
- The pink-slipped employees gathered their belongings and left the building quietly.
- After the company merged, over a hundred workers were pink-slipped without warning.
- He felt shocked and angry when he was pink-slipped after ten years of loyal service.
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