contract out
Americanverb phrase
-
to assign (a task or job) to someone who is outside of the company or organization.
-
formally agree not to participate in something, especially a scheme such as a pension or health insurance plan.
verb
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If it is approved, TSA then puts a contract out for competitive bid by preapproved companies and assigns the winning company to the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
So the ESA is planning to contract out the job of developing the continent's first reusable rocket, having named a shortlist of potential companies.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
"Let the badge and guns do the badge and gun stuff, everything else, let’s contract out."
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025
Henifin said if he were to manage the sewer system, he would contract out most of the repair work, just as he does with the water system.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023
Go, take your infamous beef contract out of this establishment.
From Sketches New and Old, Part 2. by Twain, Mark
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
