"tractor out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tractors out [present, singular, third-person], tractoring out [participle, present], tractored out [participle, past], tractored out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tractor out (third-person singular simple present tractors out, present participle tractoring out, simple past and past participle tractored out)
  1. (historical, transitive) To dismiss (a tenant, etc.) while replacing manual labour with tractors. Tags: historical, transitive
    Sense id: en-tractor_out-en-verb-95bFQzGC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tractor out meaning in English (1.7kB)

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