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put out to pasture

To discontinue something.

Etymology:

  • From the practice of putting draft animals too old to work in a pasture.
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That version of the program has been put out to pasture.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'put out to pasture':

put out to pastureTo make someone retire, especially due to advancing age.
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