"professional suicide" meaning in All languages combined

See professional suicide on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: professional suicides [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} professional suicide (countable and uncountable, plural professional suicides)
  1. (idiomatic) An action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Synonyms: career-limiting behavior [euphemistic]
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