liftout

noun — 3 senses

liftout

noun

Etymology Deverbal from lift out.

1

Business The practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.

2

Media, Publishing, Typography A quotation taken from the main text and given special visual treatment.

3

A rescue by means of aircraft.

  • If helicopter liftouts and lovers on the lam got the media excited, the film industry wove moonbeams.2018, John Kerr, Wanted: John & Lucy:
Related terms
liftoff, liftup, poaching

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