board out

verb

To send (children or pets) to stay with other people (or to boarding school, in the case of children).

Meanings

verbboard out (third-person singular simple present boards out, present participle boarding out, simple past and past participle boarded out)

present singular third person boards out · participle present boarding out · participle past boarded out · past boarded out

  1. transitiveTo send (children or pets) to stay with other people (or to boarding school, in the case of children).
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Chicago

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