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Definition of pension off phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pension off

phrasal verb
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pension somebody off
  1. (especially British English) [usually passive] to allow or force somebody to retire and to pay them a pension
    • He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man.
    • (informal, figurative) That car of yours should have been pensioned off years ago.
    Topics Working lifec2, Life stagesc2
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