to get a new job
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1.9
- phrasal verb
:
conseguir un nuevo trabajo
- Her husband just got a new job, and they want to move.
- just got a new job
- Dad got a new job
- husband got a new job
And we know that quits and then getting a new job usually leads to wages going up.
- And we know that quits and then getting a new job usually leads to wages going up.
- But today I am excited to announce that I got a new job.
- The periods of unemployment are longer and once they're out, it's it's even harder to get a new job.
- Work longer, work harder, upgrade my skills, just get a new job, take a part time opportunity, whatever it happens to be.
- But I noticed a lot of environmentally friendly things are so expensive and my husband hasn't yet gotten a new job for us to be able to afford that.
- So like graduating from high school or, you know, getting a new job, moments where it's like, I wish, I wish he was here to see what I'm doing.
- And the reasons for this is that I have gotten a new job and the new job is in a different country to the UK.
- So I'm like, cool, my, my wife, wife now she got a new job.
- Like, especially given that I am your best friend and I'm constantly telling people, you know, get a new job, like job jump, demand more like what made you want to stay?
Examples
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Soon, he will get a new job as a mechanic, which really helps.
Blog text (3) -
I have to get a new job.
Fiction book (1991) -
I mean, I got a new job.
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I just got a new job and a new man.
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Oh, you got a new job?
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Besides, you got a new job waiting for you.
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When did you decide to get a new job?
Fiction book (1995) -
Sometimes the only way out is literally to get a new job.
Blog text (32) -
Her mom got a new job, and they moved to Seattle.
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After months of searching, I finally got a new job at a software company.
Synonyms
9
3.3
To get a job you really want, often one that is hard to find
How Different
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to secure a position of employment different from one currently held' is directly and transparently derived from 'get' (to obtain) combined with 'a new job' (a recent/another position); the indefinite article 'a' does not change compositionality. This is a common, cross-linguistically straightforward construction so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Get a new job comes from the simple image of get meaning to take or receive and job meaning work. So it means 'to find and start different work'.