repot v. to make a career move, especially to resign, retire, or take work in a new field. Editorial Note: Often used reflexively: to repot oneself. Etymological Note: From repot (a plant) ‘to put a plant in another pot, especially a larger one.’...
repot v.— «Mr. McCuen, contacted at his home in Sunnyvale, was rather stoic about his dismissal.…“It’s about time for me to get repotted somewhere else.”» —“Verbatim’s McCuen Is Fired as President; Duties Go to...
repot v.— «“I’d never stayed anywhere longer than five years before I came here,” Meza said of his conviction that a thriving ministerial career requires frequent repotting. “Several times I’ve wanted to leave here but there...
repot v.— «Stuart said in an interview Tuesday that his reasons for retirement from the district court bench were many, but he declined to be specific, according to The Associated Press.…“All of us need to be repotted now and then...
repot v.— «Mr. Cooley cited a theory of Ernest C. Arbuckle, a former chairman of Wells Fargo who continues to sit on its board. Mr. Arbuckle urges that “you should repot yourself every 10 years.”» —“Wells Fargo’s Ex-Chief...
repot v.— «Repotting instead of retirement seems to work if you don’t run out of pots.» —“Nieman Notes” in Harvard University Nieman Reports (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Spring, 2003. (source: Double...