hang up one's boots
The idiom "hang up one's boots" originates from the practice of athletes retiring and literally hanging up their sports gear, symbolizing the end of their active career.
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Definition
B2General
(idiomatic, informal)To retire from a profession or activity, particularly one that is physically demanding.
Example
- After 20 years of service, the firefighter decided to hang up his boots.
B2Sports
(idiomatic, informal)To stop playing a sport, often due to age or injury.
Example
- The famous footballer finally decided to hang up his boots after a series of injuries.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "hang up one's boots":
hang up one's hathang one's hatcall it quitscash in one's chipshang uptake off one's gloveskick the bucketput out to pasturecall it a daymake one's bowtake one's leaveget the bootgive up the ghost