“put someone out”

The following 3 entries include the term put someone out.

put (someone) out of a job

idiom

: to cause (someone) to lose his or her job

put (someone) out of work

idiom

: to cause (someone) to lose his or her job

put (someone) out to grass

idiom

: to force (someone) to leave a job because of old age


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