desk job

This page is about the collocation desk job

collocation pattern: noun + noun

Meaning

a job at a desk or in an office

For example

  • If you get conscripted into the army, try to get a desk job.

  • After he'd suffered a serious injury, the police force gave him a desk job.

Quick Quiz

They gave him a desk job after

a. he was too old to drive

b. he'd made all the tables

c. he'd damaged his desk
a) he was too old to drive b) he'd made all the tables c) he'd damaged his desk

Contributor: Matt Errey