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Retire

/rɪˈtaɪr/
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(verb) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

We retire at eleven o'clock.
When I retire, I'd like to spend the rest of my life in the country.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She planned to ____ at sixty and spend her remaining years travelling and writing her memoirs.

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