hire out

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

However they may hire out the usufruct of their voices, they never will part with the fee and inheritance.

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As soon as I was able to travel, my master sent me with you into the town to hire out.

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Well, what did that young rascal do but grow a beard and hire out as a waiter in the Magnolia Hotel.

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"You certainly missed the biggest thing of your life when you didn't hire out to old Noah," he told Toby.

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"I had obliged to find me a place whar I could hire out them chaps," the miserable old man before him went on, garrulously.

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Related Words

• rent out
• subcontract
• sublet