give time to other commitments
- give time to other commitments
to be peremptorily dismissed from employment
As with similar evasions, such as give time to his other interests, a face-saving form of words for senior employees:
He is 'giving time to his other commitments' according to the board. {Daily Telegraph, 8 October 1993 — he was dismissed after 'disappointing figures' and less than seven months in office)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms.
R. W. Holder.
2014.
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