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dehire

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de⋅hire

  [dee-hahyuhr]
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–verb (used with object), -hired, -hir⋅ing.
to discharge from employment; fire, esp. at the executive level and generally with an attempt to be tactful.
Also, de-hire.

Origin:
1965–70; de- + hire
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de·hire   (dē-hīr')   
tr.v.   de·hired, de·hir·ing, de·hires Slang
To lay off or otherwise terminate (an employee): "[When] top executives . . . are dehired, headhunters get nervous. It's not the way they like to see new business develop" (Forbes).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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