muster out
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Definition
- Verb:
- To discharge or release from military service: The formal process of being officially separated from active duty in the armed forces, typically upon completion of service or for other authorized reasons.
Usage
- The verb "muster out" is used to describe the official administrative action of ending a person's military service. It is often used in the passive voice (e.g., ). It implies a formal discharge, not a desertion or unauthorized departure.
Examples
- Verb:
- After serving four years, the soldier was mustered out with honors.
- The army mustered out thousands of troops following the end of the war.
- He received his final pay after being mustered out of the navy.
Advanced Usage
- "to muster someone out": The active form, where the military authority performs the action of discharging a service member.
- The department will muster the veterans out next month.
Variants and Related Words
- Muster (verb): To assemble or gather, especially for military service or inspection.
- The troops mustered on the parade ground.
- Discharge (verb): A more general synonym for releasing someone from an obligation, institution, or military service.
- Separate (verb): Often used in a military context to mean the official end of service.
Synonyms
- Discharge: To release or dismiss from service.
- Separate: To cause to end military service.
- Decommission: To take (a ship, vehicle, or service member) out of active service.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Muster in: The opposite action; to formally enlist or enroll into military service.
- He was mustered in at the age of eighteen.
Verb
- release from military service