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单词 put out to grass
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put out to grass

1Put (an animal) out to graze.Highland cattle, rescued from the BSE cull and put out to grass, graze contentedly at the water's edge close to the croquet lawn....
  • So one by one, with much mooing, many holy cows were put out to grass.
  • Calves 3-10 months old were put out to grass in the daytime during the summer.
1.1 informal Force (someone) to retire.Barely a decade ago the country seemed to be awash with 50-odd-year-olds who'd been put out to grass (on a golf course perhaps) with generous pension settlements....
  • The big Scot will be anxious to prove that, even after his infamous 84, he need not be put out to grass.
  • Neil, who has now joined us, smiles benevolently and explains he was put out to grass while Christine spent the next five years sowing her wild oats in Westminster.
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