written out of the script
- written out of the script
dismissed from employment
Literally, in theatrical use, in a serial play, soap opera, etc. and metaphorically for others:
... he had played a psychiatrist in a soap opera for seven years until he was written out of the script. (Sanders, 1981)
I wouldn't write the D-G out of the script too early. (Deighton, 1988)
Whence the figurative use of death:
One jalopy like that in the flight could get us all written out of the script. (Deighton, 1982)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms.
R. W. Holder.
2014.
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