contract out
verb
(intr, adverb) British to agree not to participate in something, esp the state pension scheme
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How to use contract out in a sentence
"I'm going to hold up until I knock the bottom of this contract out," he said, good-humouredly.
For Jacinta | Harold BindlossNo tenant who paid less than 50 a year could contract out of the Act.
A Short History of English Liberalism | Walter Lyon BleaseGo, take your infamous beef contract out of this establishment.
Sketches New and Old, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)We may have to argue a broken contract out before the Board.
Plague Ship | Andre Norton
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