put out to pasture
idiom
1
: to bring animals to a large area of land to feed on the grass there
put the sheep out to pasture
2
: to force (someone) to leave a job because of old age
I'm not ready to be put out to pasture yet.
—sometimes used of thingsI put my old computer out to pasture.
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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