| 单词 | to turn out of service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn out of service b. transitive. to turn out of service: to dispense with the services of (someone), to dismiss; also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > in or into service [phrase] > out of service to turn out of service1568 service1978 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. viii. f. 130v Let him beware also hee doo not take into his saruice any leud persones..quarellers or hooremongers: if hee find that hee haue any such in his house, let him turne him out of saruice straight. 1604 T. Bilson Suruey Christs Sufferings 29 You flash out the fire of hell as a fable, and turne out of seruice the rest of the torments there. 1749 Hist. Tom Jones in Married State ii. vii. 151 His Education had very much weakened his Conscience, which he entirely wore out by Practice: So that at last he turned it out of Service, as having no more Occasion for its Dictates. 1869 Western Times 17 Aug. 2/3 She had been turned out of service for ‘speaking to Walter’. 1932 Pittsburgh Courier 1 Oct. ii. 2/4 At the close of the war, he was turned out of service like an eagle with no home or place to rest his head. < as lemmas |
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