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
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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
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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
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He also used to pension off his old servants after they had ceased to be able to work.
From Thrift by Samuel Smiles
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