invalid out
C1 formal separable transitive
In simple words
To make someone leave the army (or their job) because they are too sick or hurt to keep working.
Literal meaning: To put someone out (remove them) because they are an invalid (an injured or ill person) — the noun 'invalid' forms the base.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
formal
To officially discharge someone from military service or employment because of illness or injury.
"After being wounded in action, he was invalided out of the army in 1944."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Primarily a British English term, common in military and administrative contexts. The phrase is often passive: 'He was invalided out.' Rarely used outside military or health-related professional contexts.
Commonly used with
army service military regiment force injury war
Forms
Base
invalid out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
invalids out
he/she/it
Past simple
invalided out
yesterday
Past participle
invalided out
have + pp
-ing form
invaliding out
continuous
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