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Idiom

term out

Meaning

To finish the term.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I will term out after my final exam next week.”

“The senator decided not to run for reelection because she will term out at the end of this year.”

“As the council member prepared to term out, he reflected on the legislative challenges he had navigated during his decade of public service.”

Examples

simple

“I will term out after my final exam next week.”

contextual

“The senator decided not to run for reelection because she will term out at the end of this year.”

complex

“As the council member prepared to term out, he reflected on the legislative challenges he had navigated during his decade of public service.”

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