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to put sb out to pasture

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  • put someone out to pasture — phrase humorous to make someone leave their job because they are considered to be too old I’m not ready to be put out to pasture just yet! Thesaurus: forcing someone and being forced to leave a jobsynonym applying and interviewing for jobshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • put someone out to pasture — put (someone) out to pasture to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful. At 62, he felt he was not ready to be put out to pasture. Etymology: based on the tradition of keeping farm animals that are too old to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • put someone out to pasture — If someone is put out to pasture, they are forced to resign or give up some responsibilities …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • put something out to pasture — phrase to put a sheep, cow etc in a field so that it can eat the grass Thesaurus: animal farminghyponym Main entry: pasture …   Useful english dictionary

  • put someone out to pasture —    If someone is put out to pasture, they are forced to resign or give up some responsibilities.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • put someone out to pasture — humorous to make someone leave their job because they are considered to be too old I m not ready to be put out to pasture just yet! …   English dictionary

  • put something out to pasture — to put a sheep, cow etc in a field so that it can eat the grass …   English dictionary

  • put out to pasture — 1. To release an animal into a pasture to graze 2. To force a person to retire from work • • • Main Entry: ↑pasture * * * put (someone) out to pasture : to force (someone) to leave a job because of old age I m not ready to be put out to pasture… …   Useful english dictionary

  • put out to pasture — put (someone) out to pasture to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful. At 62, he felt he was not ready to be put out to pasture. Etymology: based on the tradition of keeping farm animals that are too old to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • put out to pasture — ► put out to pasture force to retire. Main Entry: ↑pasture …   English terms dictionary

  • put someone out to grass — informal phrase to force someone to leave a job because they are old and no longer useful Thesaurus: forcing someone and being forced to leave a jobsynonym applying and interviewing for jobshyponym Main entry: grass * * * …   Useful english dictionary

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