| 单词 | pay someone off |
| 释义 | 1 (phrasal verb) Definition to give a bribe to corrupt societies where officials have to be paid off Synonyms bribe The company bribed the workers to be quiet. corrupt The ability to corrupt judges was fundamental to their operations. oil (informal) get at buy off suborn grease the palm of (slang) 2 (phrasal verb) Definition to pay (someone) all that is due in wages and dismiss him or her from employment Most of the staff are being paid off at the end of the month. Synonyms dismiss the power to dismiss civil servants who refuse to work fire (informal) She was fired from her job. sack (informal) They were sacked for financial mismanagement. discharge He was dishonourably discharged from the army. let go lay off give someone their P45 (British, informal) give someone their pink slip (US, informal) kennet (Australian, slang) jeff (Australian, slang) Additional synonymsin the sense of corrupt The ability to corrupt judges was fundamental to their operations. Synonyms bribe, square, fix (informal), buy off, suborn, grease (someone's) palm (slang) in the sense of discharge Definition to dismiss (someone) from duty or employment He was dishonourably discharged from the army. Synonyms dismiss, sack (informal), fire (informal), remove, expel, discard, oust, eject, cashier, give (someone) the boot (slang), give (someone) the sack (informal), give (someone) their P45 (British, informal), give (someone) their pink slip (US, informal), kennet (Australian, slang), jeff (Australian, slang) in the sense of fire Definition to dismiss from employment She was fired from her job. Synonyms dismiss, sack (informal), get rid of, discharge, lay off, make redundant, cashier, give notice, show (someone) the door, give (someone) the boot (slang), kiss off (slang, US, Canadian), give (someone) the push, give (someone) the bullet (British, slang), give (someone) their marching orders, give (someone) their cards, give (someone) the sack (informal), give (someone) their P45 (British, informal), give (someone) their pink slip (US, informal), kennet (Australian, slang), jeff (Australian, slang) Nearby words of |
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