drop the pilot

drop the pilot

To dismiss someone who is trusted or relied on. They always seemed to have a strong working relationship, so I don't know why he dropped the pilot all of a sudden. I did drop the pilot on one of my closest advisers, once I found out he'd been leaking things to the press. How dare you drop the pilot on me now? You're only CEO because of my efforts behind the scenes!

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drop the pilot

abandon a trustworthy adviser.

Dropping the Pilot was the caption of a famous cartoon by John Tenniel , published in Punch in 1890 . It depicted Bismarck's dismissal as German Chancellor by the young Kaiser Wilhelm II .

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