- put someone out to grass
- informal
to force someone to leave a job because they are old and no longer useful
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put someone out to grass
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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
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 out to grass — put (someone) out to grass Brit : to force (someone) to leave a job because of old age I m not ready to be put out to grass [=put out to pasture] just yet. • • • Main Entry: ↑grass … Useful english dictionary
put out to grass — ► put out to grass 1) put (an animal) out to graze. 2) informal force (someone) to retire. Main Entry: ↑grass … English terms dictionary
put out to grass — put (an animal) out to graze. ↘informal force (someone) to retire. → grass … English new terms dictionary
grass — grass1 [ græs ] noun *** 1. ) uncount a very common plant with thin green leaves that covers the ground. A single piece of grass is called a blade of grass: Stephen was lying full length on the grass. We should cut the grass before it starts… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grass — I UK [ɡrɑːs] / US [ɡræs] noun Word forms grass : singular grass plural grasses *** 1) [uncountable] a very common plant with thin green leaves that covers the ground. A single piece of grass is called a blade of grass We should cut the grass… … 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
grass — grass1 W2S2 [gra:s US græs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in fields and gardens)¦ 2 the grass 3¦(drug)¦ 4¦(criminal)¦ 5 the grass is greener (on the other side) 6 not let the grass grow under your feet 7 put somebody out to grass ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin:… … Dictionary of contemporary English
grass — 1 noun 1 IN FIELDS a) (U) a very common plant with thin green leaves that grows in fields and is often eaten by animals: a blade of grass | Please keep off the grass. b) (C) a particular kind of grass: sea grasses 2 DRUG (U) slang marijuana 3… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
