adopt out
Verb

adopt out

  1. To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
  2. To send a son or daughter away to live in another country. (Used with to).
    The Chinese girl was adopted out to the United States.
  3. To send a child to be adopted by family of a different culture and ethnicity.



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