pension off
Britishverb
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to cause to retire from a post and pay a pension to
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to discard, because old and worn
to pension off submarines
Example Sentences
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Couldn't the Times pension off Friedman and use his space on the op-ed page to showcase some new thinkers?
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2017
Once again Arsenal's deficiencies in the area of the holding midfield player, evident since the unwise decision to pension off Gilberto Silva, were exposed.
From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2010
Third was to pension off an army of aging executives, re-peopling Steel's offices with smart young men, of whom the most notable was Edward Riley Stettinius, son of the late Morgan partner.
From Time Magazine Archive
The miners want to force the National Coal Board to rescind plans that would close 20 uneconomic pits and pension off 20,000 miners.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also used to pension off his old servants after they had ceased to be able to work.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
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