The office is closed the week after Christmas but there will be a skeleton staff to handle essential operations.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
skeleton staff — skeleton staff/crew/service/ phrase just enough workers to keep a service or office operating, or the service being operated this way We’ll be operating with a skeleton staff until after the holidays. Thesaurus: groups of people who work… … Useful english dictionary
skeleton crew — skeleton staff/crew/service/ phrase just enough workers to keep a service or office operating, or the service being operated this way We’ll be operating with a skeleton staff until after the holidays. Thesaurus: groups of people who work… … Useful english dictionary
skeleton service — skeleton staff/crew/service/ phrase just enough workers to keep a service or office operating, or the service being operated this way We’ll be operating with a skeleton staff until after the holidays. Thesaurus: groups of people who work… … Useful english dictionary
skeleton — skel|e|ton [ˈskelıtən] n ↑backbone, ↑breastbone, ↑collarbone, ↑kneecap, ↑pelvis, ↑skull, ↑spine, ↑rib ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bones)¦ 2¦(basic parts)¦ 3¦(thin person)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
skeleton */ — UK [ˈskelɪt(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms skeleton : singular skeleton plural skeletons 1) the set of bones that supports a human or animal body, or a model of this a dinosaur skeleton He dug up some bones from a human skeleton. 2) the… … English dictionary
skeleton — UK US /ˈskelɪtən/ adjective [before noun] ► used to describe something in its most basic form: »His solicitor confirmed he had faxed a skeleton argument supporting his client s application for bail. »The rail company was hoping to run a skeleton… … Financial and business terms
skeleton — 1. noun a) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. At the foot of a pretty big pine, and involved in a green creeper, which had even partly… … Wiktionary
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