terming out

Verb

term out (third-person singular simple present terms out, present participle terming out, simple past and past participle termed out)

1. (ambitransitive, idiomatic, usually, lease) To finish the term.
   • With little time to master complex policy matters before terming out, legislators have distanced themselves from more challenging policy issues, deferring them to the initiative process.2006, California Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 2006
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see term, out.

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