hang up (one's) boots

To retire from playing a sport. After suffering so many injuries on the field, I think it's time for him to hang up his boots.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Damhnait	DEV-nawt	Irish
Baldry	['bɔ:ldri]
Joanne	[dʒəu'æn]
Wandalin	-	Ancient Germanic
Vasyl	-	Ukrainian
Zlata	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak, Russian