Eccentric high-up gets vote to stop working (4,2,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
give up the ghost
'stop working' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'eccentric high-up gets vote' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates anagramming the letters.
'high'+'up'+'gets'+'vote'='highupgetsvote'
'highupgetsvote' is an anagram of 'GIVE UP THE GHOST'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for give up the ghost that I've seen before include "about to die" , "Stop working" , "let someone else play Hamlet's father?" , "be dispirited?" , "Decide to write for oneself" .)