| 单词 | out to pasture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout to pasture b. figurative. To retire (a person), to make (a person) redundant; to cease using (a thing). out to pasture: retired; redundant; superseded. ΚΠ 1868 Harper's Mag. Dec. 68/2 These five infants, on whom I had expended so much surplus energy, were turned out to pasture without any compunctions of conscience. 1909 R. B. Perry Moral Econ. 210 It frees the mind from its harness and puts it out to pasture. 1991 Boston June 114/1 Vintage clothing long since put out to pasture is guided onto the comeback trail by the skilled hands of clothing restylers. 1992 L. Woidwode Indian Affairs i. 16 This crew-cut shyster built like a football player out to pasture. 1997 Internet Mag. Jan. 45 Have online services been reborn in the light of the Internet or is it time to put them out to pasture? < as lemmas |
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