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To start a career or new job, or to move to a new position

join

verb

to start to work for an organization

arrive

verb

to join an organization or start a new job

enter

verb

to start to take part in a particular activity or to work in a particular job

start

verb

to begin a new job, career, or period of education

land

verb

to get something that you wanted, especially a job or opportunity

stand in

to do someone else’s job temporarily while they are not available to do it

substitute

verb

to do someone else’s job for a short period of time

break into

to start to have success in your career or an area of activity

attach

verb

to send someone to work with a different group of people or in a different place, especially temporarily

fill in

to do someone’s job for them while they are away

caxirola

a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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emancipation

the process of giving freedom and rights to someone

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pierce the corporate veil

… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders

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