pink-slip

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pink slip

n. Informal

A notice of termination of employment.

pink′-slip′ v.

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pink-slip

vb (tr)

(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal US to give (an employee) a notice of redundancy

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pink-slip

Past participle: pink-slipped
Gerund: pink-slipping

Imperative
pink-slip
pink-slip

Present
I pink-slip
you pink-slip
he/she/it pink-slips
we pink-slip
you pink-slip
they pink-slip

Preterite
I pink-slipped
you pink-slipped
he/she/it pink-slipped
we pink-slipped
you pink-slipped
they pink-slipped

Present Continuous
I am pink-slipping
you are pink-slipping
he/she/it is pink-slipping
we are pink-slipping
you are pink-slipping
they are pink-slipping

Present Perfect
I have pink-slipped
you have pink-slipped
he/she/it has pink-slipped
we have pink-slipped
you have pink-slipped
they have pink-slipped

Past Continuous
I was pink-slipping
you were pink-slipping
he/she/it was pink-slipping
we were pink-slipping
you were pink-slipping
they were pink-slipping

Past Perfect
I had pink-slipped
you had pink-slipped
he/she/it had pink-slipped
we had pink-slipped
you had pink-slipped
they had pink-slipped

Future
I will pink-slip
you will pink-slip
he/she/it will pink-slip
we will pink-slip
you will pink-slip
they will pink-slip

Future Perfect
I will have pink-slipped
you will have pink-slipped
he/she/it will have pink-slipped
we will have pink-slipped
you will have pink-slipped
they will have pink-slipped

Future Continuous
I will be pink-slipping
you will be pink-slipping
he/she/it will be pink-slipping
we will be pink-slipping
you will be pink-slipping
they will be pink-slipping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pink-slipping
you have been pink-slipping
he/she/it has been pink-slipping
we have been pink-slipping
you have been pink-slipping
they have been pink-slipping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pink-slipping
you will have been pink-slipping
he/she/it will have been pink-slipping
we will have been pink-slipping
you will have been pink-slipping
they will have been pink-slipping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pink-slipping
you had been pink-slipping
he/she/it had been pink-slipping
we had been pink-slipping
you had been pink-slipping
they had been pink-slipping

Conditional
I would pink-slip
you would pink-slip
he/she/it would pink-slip
we would pink-slip
you would pink-slip
they would pink-slip

Past Conditional
I would have pink-slipped
you would have pink-slipped
he/she/it would have pink-slipped
we would have pink-slipped
you would have pink-slipped
they would have pink-slipped

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pink-slip

verb

Informal. To end the employment or service of:

cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate.

Informal: ax, fire.

Slang: boot, bounce, can, sack.

Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door.

Translations

pink-slip

vt (US inf) → entlassen; to pink-slip somebody → jdm den blauen Brief schicken (inf); to be pink-slipped → den blauen Brief bekommen

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