putting out to grass
Sending to pasture
Putting out to grass means retiring someone from active work, from the practice of turning old horses loose in pastures when their working days are done.
The phrase usually implies the person being retired is past their prime or no longer useful: After thirty years, they finally put the old professor out to grass.
It can sound dismissive or patronizing.
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- put out to pastureForce into retirement
- agingGrowing older over time
- elderhoodState of being aged
- old timerLong-experienced person
senior citizen · golden handshake · gold watch · grazing · career change · pasture · green pastures · redundancy · twilight years · sunset years · end of an era · hayfield · downsizing · seniority · meadow · obsolescence · life transition · job displacement
putting out to grasshiring
Giving someone work
recruiting · onboarding · employing · taking on · activating
putting out to grassputting to work
Assigning for active use
activating · mobilizing · deploying · harnessing · engaging
putting out to grasspromoting
Actively supporting or furthering
elevating · advancing · fast-tracking · moving up · empowering
putting, outing, outermost, outward, outwardly, grass, grasses, grassed, grassing