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Circulation Longer Social Sentence In The Loop 536 Removed Public Interaction

Id in_the_loop_536
Idiom OUT OF CIRCULATION
Definition removed from the public; no longer available for use or social interaction
Examples
  1. This book is no longer available in the library. It’s out of circulation.
  2. Mrs. Winter took her husband’s sudden death very hard, and she doesn’t have the will to get out and get on with life. She’s taken herself out of circulation.
Extra Info

The expression is usually used to describe a social situation (sentence 2) but probably originated with printed material (sentence 1).

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