send to the glue factory

verb

To kill, usually a horse.

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put downput to sleepput out to pasture
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Meanings

verbsend to the glue factory (third-person singular simple present sends to the glue factory, present participle sending to the glue factory, simple past and past participle sent to the glue factory)

present singular third person sends to the glue factory · participle present sending to the glue factory · participle past sent to the glue factory · past sent to the glue factory

  1. euphemisticidiomaticTo kill, usually a horse.

    Synonyms: put down, put to sleep

  2. humorousidiomaticTo retire or remove from prominence, usually due to obsolescence, old age or injury.

    Synonyms: put out to pasture

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo kill, usually a horse.

Similar
put downput to sleep

verbTo retire or remove from prominence, usually due to obsolescence, old age or injury.

Similar
put out to pasture

Origin

Since glue was traditionally made by boiling down the hooves of a horse.

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APA

send to the glue factory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20to%20the%20glue%20factory

MLA

“send to the glue factory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20to%20the%20glue%20factory. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “send to the glue factory,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20to%20the%20glue%20factory.

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