put out to pasture

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make someone retire, especially due to advancing age. informal
    — They've put John out to pasture and replaced him with someone who's got half his experience.
  2. To discontinue something. informal
    — That version of the program has been put out to pasture.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put out, to, pasture.

词形变化

puts out to pasture present,singular,third-person putting out to pasture participle,present put out to pasture participle,past put out to pasture past

词源

From the practice of putting draft animals too old to work in a pasture.
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