liftout

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liftout

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Deverbal from lift out.

noun liftouts

The practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.
A quotation taken from the main text and given special visual treatment.
Similar: pullout, pull quote
A rescue by means of aircraft. If helicopter liftouts and lovers on the lam got the media excited, the film industry wove moonbeams.

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"liftout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/liftout. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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liftout. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/liftout

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"liftout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/liftout.

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@misc{liftout_2026,
  title = {liftout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/liftout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}