put out to pasture

== English == === Etymology === From the practice of putting draft animals too old to work in a pasture. === Pronunciation === === Verb === put out to pasture (third-person singular simple present puts out to pasture, present participle putting out to pasture, simple past and past participle put out to pasture) (informal) To make someone retire, especially due to advancing age. Synonym: put out to grass (informal) To discontinue something. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put out,‎ to,‎ pasture. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “put out to pasture”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “put someone out to pasture”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “put out to pasture”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “put out to pasture”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “put sb out to pasture”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “put someone out to pasture” (US) / “put someone out to pasture” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.