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Boots Hang Working Farmers Stop Retire Informal Expression

Word hang up your boots
Description Stop working

Retire – informal

Boots are seen in this expression as part of a person's working clothes. A common Canadian variant is hang up your skates.

1997 - Farmers Weekly - The hard fact is that all farmers whether the pension scheme is attractive or not are mostly reluctant to hang their boots up. Stop working

Retire – informal

Boots are seen in this expression as part of a person's working clothes. A common Canadian variant is hang up your skates.

1997 - Farmers Weekly - The hard fact is that all farmers whether the pension scheme is attractive or not are mostly reluctant to hang their boots up. Stop working

Retire – informal

Boots are seen in

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