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lie down on the job

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lie down on the job and lay down on the job
Fig. to do one's job poorly or not at all. (Lay is a common error for lie.) Tom was fired because he was laying down on the job. You mean he was lying down on the job, don't you?
See also: job, lie

lie down on the job
to not work as hard at something as you should The new Police Chief fired two officers he accused of lying down on the job.
See also: job, lie


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GOING back to work after the birth of her first child wasn't too arduous for Hermione Norris, as she was able to lie down on the job.
Byline: Chris Beckett IT'S NOT every day you get to lie down on the job.
Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler SARAH Harding certainly knows how to lie down on the job in style.
 
 
 
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