lie down on the job

Related to word: lie

Idiom

Definition

  1. To neglect one's duties or responsibilities at work by not working as diligently or effectively as expected.

    • Ever since his promotion, he's started to lie down on the job, often arriving late and leaving early.

    • If all of our employees lie down on the job, the company will quickly go bankrupt.

    • She has been warned multiple times for lying down on the job.