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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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“The requests to hire out spaces for Barbie and Oppenheimer double bills have been coming in for months,” says Nick Isani, private-event sales manager for the East Coast at Alamo Drafthouse.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

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

Many editors from a variety of publications use Twitter to post calls for pitches: stories they're hoping to hire out to freelancers.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2022

People wanting to hire out a house for a party - surely that's not too dissimilar to a holiday let?

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2016

I’d left Iowa rather than work for lantha Wells, but to save my claim, I might have to hire out to the Smith Rooming House.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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