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put out to pasture

VERB

scrap

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break up discard dismiss ditch get rid of jettison junk reject

STRONG

cast chuck demolish drop forsake retire shed slough

WEAK

consign to scrap heap dispense with do away with throw out toss out write off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept keep

WEAK

hoard save store

VERB

superannuate

Synonyms

STRONG

decamp depart ebb exit go part pension recede regress relinquish remove repeal rescind resign retreat revoke rusticate secede separate surrender withdraw yield

WEAK

absent oneself deny oneself draw back fall back get away get off give ground give up work give way go away go to bed go to one's room go to sleep hand over hit the sack leave service make vacant pull back pull out run along seclude oneself sever connections stop working take off turn in

Antonyms

STRONG

advance allow approve arrive combine come come in enter forge increase join permit remain stay unite

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The remnants of Sprint’s network have been put out to pasture.

From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2022

She refuses to accept the cultural diagnosis that she should be put out to pasture and instead is unstoppable in bringing her TV show to air.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022

“Cavani gives hope to us oldsters that we shouldn’t be put out to pasture just yet,” says Mary Waltz, still covering every blade of MBM grass.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2021

At age 47, after 25 years of running agents in Eastern Europe, Nat is about to be put out to pasture.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2019

After years underground, they were too sensitive to light to be put out to pasture.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

put out to pasture

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