hire out

Idioms  

1. Obtain work; also, grant the services or temporary use of for a fee, as in He hired out as a cook, or They hired out the cottage for the summer. [Second half of 1700s]

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hire out

Travis and Taylor may even have got the idea to hire out Madison Square Garden from Sandler's 2002 film Mr Deeds, in which his character took over the venue to propose to his girlfriend, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

But many states also hire out prisoners to do that same work at big private companies.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

Between them, the three companies, which hire out their devices via smartphone apps and have operated in Paris since 2018, have a total of about 15,000 scooters zipping around the capital.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

They learned that as early Richmond began to industrialize, plantation owners would hire out their enslaved workers to city businesses and factories.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022

I could sew or hire out to scrub stables.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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