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Synonyms

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]

Example Sentences

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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

“If you want the opportunity to grow your business in 2022, if you want to hire, it turns out that you have to hire out of office,” he told The Post.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2022

We agreed that we would do what we could ourselves and that we would hire out what we couldn’t do.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2019

“The young people that we want to hire out there have high expectations that are hard to meet,” said Bruce Patterson, a partner at the firm.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2017

I could sew or hire out to scrub stables.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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