"send to the glue factory" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-send to the glue factory.wav Forms: sends to the glue factory [present, singular, third-person], sending to the glue factory [participle, present], sent to the glue factory [participle, past], sent to the glue factory [past]
Etymology: Since glue was traditionally made by boiling down the hooves of a horse. Head templates: {{en-verb|send<,,sent> to the glue factory}} send to the glue factory (third-person singular simple present sends to the glue factory, present participle sending to the glue factory, simple past and past participle sent to the glue factory)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To kill, usually a horse. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Synonyms: put down, put to sleep
    Sense id: en-send_to_the_glue_factory-en-verb-dxH5iHuV Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Horses Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Horses: 70 30
  2. (idiomatic, humorous, of a person) To retire or remove from prominence, usually due to obsolescence, old age or injury. Tags: humorous, idiomatic Synonyms: put out to pasture
    Sense id: en-send_to_the_glue_factory-en-verb-TwpaxJBO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0

Inflected forms

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