put out to pasture
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English Dictionaryput sb out to pasture INFORMALto stop someone working in their job because they are too old to be useful [TahlilGaran] Advanced Learner's Dictionary ▲
Idiomsput out to pastureput (someone) out to pastureto 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 work in a pasture (= land covered with grass) [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
put out to pasture• put (someone or something) out to pasture
to retire someone or something (just as you would put a horse that is too old to work out to pasture)
We finally decided to put our old car out to pasture and buy a new one.
We finally decided to put the old horse out to pasture and stop riding him.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
put something out to pasture• put (someone or something) out to pasture
to retire someone or something (just as you would put a horse that is too old to work out to pasture)
We finally decided to put our old car out to pasture and buy a new one.
We finally decided to put the old horse out to pasture and stop riding him.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
put someone out to pastureput (someone) out to pastureto 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 work in a pasture (= land covered with grass) [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
put someone out to pasture• put (someone or something) out to pasture
to retire someone or something (just as you would put a horse that is too old to work out to pasture)
We finally decided to put our old car out to pasture and buy a new one.
We finally decided to put the old horse out to pasture and stop riding him.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲