hang up (one's) boots



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.
See also: boot, hang, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hickey['hiki]
AamuAH:-mooFinnish
BaldwinBAWLD-win (English)English, Ancient Germanic
Chestibor-Medieval Slavic
Ylli-Albanian
Bisera-Bulgarian, Macedonian