put out to pasture
Verb

put out to pasture

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see put out, to, pasture
  2. (informal) To make someone retire, especially due to advancing age.
    Synonyms: put out to grass
    They've put John out to pasture and replaced him with someone who's got half his experience.
  3. (informal) To discontinue something.
    That version of the program has been put out to pasture.



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