outside job
outside job · outside jobs
A crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated…A crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.
» We should have some interests outside our job.
Meaning
1 senses(humorous, idiomatic, sarcastic)A crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.
The resource officer suspected the rape incident at our high school coffee shop was an outside job.
Examples
2 sentencesWe should have some interests outside our job.
It's an open prison, so all the inmates have outside jobs.
Origin
From outside + job, by analogy with inside job.From outside + job, by analogy with inside job.
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Forms
plural: outside jobs| Singular | outside job |
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