Idiom idiom
professional suicide
Meaning
An action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Criticizing your boss in public is professional suicide.”
“He knew that leaking the company's private data to the press would be professional suicide.”
“By publicly denouncing the firm's most profitable client, the junior partner committed professional suicide and effectively ended his tenure at the company.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026