manage out
C1 formal separable transitive
In simple words
Slowly push someone out of their job without firing them directly.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
formal
To guide an employee gradually out of an organisation through performance management or similar processes.
"After several poor reviews, it became clear the company was trying to manage him out."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
HR and corporate jargon. Viewed critically as a euphemism for constructive dismissal in some legal contexts. Common in British corporate culture.
Commonly used with
employee underperformer staff member someone quietly process
Forms
Base
manage out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
manages out
he/she/it
Past simple
managed out
yesterday
Past participle
managed out
have + pp
-ing form
managing out
continuous
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