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pastures new

pastures new noun: a new, different place or situation.

Noun

pastures new pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A new, different place or situation.
    • After fourteen years at the company, Bob is moving on to pastures new.
    • There comes a time when one has to accept when fate has in store, when one passes on […] to pastures new, perhaps greener, and places oneself finally in the service of one who is greater than any of us.1984 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Party Games (Yes Minister)”, in Yes Minister, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)

Questions about pastures new

What does pastures new mean?
Pastures new means a new, different place or situation.
What part of speech is pastures new?
Pastures new is a noun.

Words near pastures new in the dictionary

  1. pasturelands
  2. pastureless
  3. pasturer
  4. pasturers
  5. pastures
  6. pastures new
  7. pastures out
  8. pasturest
  9. pastureth
  10. pasturing
  11. pasturing out

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