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warm body en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Any person who is present.
Why just hire a warm body, when you can hire for loyalty?.
2013 May 30, “Five Tips to Hire for Loyalty, Not Just a Warm Body”, in HR News Daily:So when leaders keep around C players (or the warm bodies), the result is almost always worse than having nobody for a short period of time.
2014 September 12, Jim Alampi, “How a Warm Body Sometimes Can Be Worse Than Nobody at All”, in Entrepreneur:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see warm, body.
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Relateds
room meat
Synonyms
bums in seats