the old school tie
1(the) old school tie — the way in which men who have been to the same expensive private school help each other to find good jobs. The old school tie still has enormous power in many City companies …
2(the) old school tie — the old school tie UK US noun a system in which people who have been to the same public school use their influence to help each other, for example in getting a good job Thesaurus: schoolshyponym …
3the old school tie — UK / US noun a system in which people who have been to the same public school use their influence to help each other, for example in getting a good job …
4old school tie — n the old school tie BrE the situation that exists when people who went to the same private school use their influence to help each other get work or other advantages ▪ a system based on social class and the old school tie …
5old school tie — UK US noun [S] UK DISAPPROVING ► THE OLD BOY NETWORK(Cf. ↑the old boy network) ► a symbol of belonging to a special group of people who went to an expensive school: »Wearing the old school tie isn t always an advantage these days …
6old school tie — N SING: the N When people talk about the old school tie, they are referring to the situation in which people who attended the same public school use their positions of influence to help each other. [BRIT] Of course, the old school tie has been a… …
7old school tie, the — noun singular a system in which people who have been to the same school or university use their influence to help each other, for example in getting a good job …
8old school tie — n. 1. a necktie striped in the distinctive colors of any of the exclusive English public schools 2. loyalties, traditions, attitudes, etc. of, or like those of, the graduates of such a school …
9old school tie — old′ school tie′ n. 1) a necktie striped in the colors of a specific English public school, worn by a former student 2) soc the clannishness and conservatism conventionally associated with graduates of such schools …
10the old-boy network — UK US noun [S] (also old school tie) UK DISAPPROVING ► the informal system in which men who went to the same school or university help each other to find good jobs or get other social advantages: »He got his City job through the old boy network.… …
