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mutually consent en · VERB

Etymology

From the standard statement that a player or manager has left the club "by mutual consent" after a disappointing result.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic, humorous, transitive) To force out of a job; to sack with plausible deniability.
   • Fresh off a 6-1 gubbing by the Dutch, which itself came hot on the heels of stinking out Euro Not 2020, Turkey have responded by mutually consenting boss Senol Günes. 2021 September 19, Gregg Bakowski, “Some other headline-grabbing news out of Greater Manchester”, in The Guardian:
   • Jose Mourinho has finally admitted that he was sacked as Chelsea manager in 2015, not ‘mutually consented’. 2016 October 22, Matt Stead, “Mourinho admits he was fired, not ‘mutually consented’”, in Football365:
   • Unveiled, ages faster than the baddie at the end of 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', has a post-match press conference meltdown, gets mutually consented, goes on 'Stick to the Overlap', lands a gig in a more stable environment, repeat, repeat, repeat. 2026 February 24, David Squires, “A dose of reality for Igor Tudor after Arsenal’s visit to Dr Tottenham”, in The Guardian:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mutually, consent.

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