pastures new

noun

A new, different place or situation.

“After fourteen years at the company, Bob is moving on to pastures new.”

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Meanings

nounpastures new pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA new, different place or situation.

    After fourteen years at the company, Bob is moving on to pastures new.

    1 more example

    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)
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APA

pastures new. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastures%20new

MLA

“pastures new.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastures%20new. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pastures new,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastures%20new.

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