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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Example Sentences

That said, Servais believes he’s a different manager than the one who Dipoto hired out of the front office of the Angels, where he was in charge of scouting and player development.

From Seattle Times

But now those fledgling writers, he said, already have representation and are being hired out of school to staff TV shows.

From Los Angeles Times

DarkSide is a relative newcomer to the ransomware scene, what Ms. Neuberger called “a criminal actor” that hires out its services to the highest bidder, then shares “the proceeds with ransomware developers.”

From New York Times

Q: How do you decide what to do yourself and what to hire out?

From Seattle Times

So their children, 14 of whom lived to adulthood, were considered the property of his wife’s enslaver, who lived solely off the income brought by “hiring out” the Edmonson’s children.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• rent out
• subcontract
• sublet