put out to pasture (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To make someone retire, especially due to advancing age.
tags: informal
glosses: To discontinue something.
tags: informal
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put out, to, pasture.
Forms:
form: puts out to pasture
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting out to pasture
tags: participle
present
form: put out to pasture
tags: participle
past
form: put out to pasture
tags: past