hired

  • 31hired man — {n. phr.} A man employed to do jobs every day about a house or farm. * /The hired man was sick, and a lot of the daily chores were not done./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 32hired gun — noun Date: 1971 an expert hired to do a specific and often ethically dubious job …

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  • 33hired hand — 1. a hired laborer, esp. on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand. 2. an employee. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 34hired\ man — n. phr. A man employed to do jobs every day about a house or farm. The hired man was sick, and a lot of the daily chores were not done …

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  • 35hired gun — noun N. Amer. informal 1》 a hired bodyguard, mercenary, or assassin. 2》 an expert brought in to resolve legal or financial problems or to lobby for a cause …

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  • 36hired guns —  Lawyers, accountants, and other business strategy consultants.  ► “In the opening rounds, Charleston formed task forces charged with defending specific facilities targeted by the Pentagon, enlisted some hired guns from Washington, and mounted a… …

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  • 37hired help — noun employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively) • Hypernyms: ↑employee • Hyponyms: ↑kitchen help …

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  • 38hired — Synonyms and related words: acquitted, chartered, discharged, employed, expended, hireling, leased, let, liquidated, mercenary, paid, paid in full, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, remitted, rented, salaried, settled, spent, subleased, sublet, waged …

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  • 39híred — m (hírdes/hírdas) household, family, retinue; brotherhood, company …

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  • 40hired — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. contracted, signed up, given work; see busy 1 , employed , engaged 3 , working . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having a job: employed, jobholding, retained, working. See WORK …

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