phase out verbo transitivo con partículaeliminar gradualmente or escalonadamente
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phase out
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
[+machinery, product] retirar progresivamente these machines will soon be phased out altogether phasing out CFCs will cost tens of millions of pounds some environmental groups say CFCs should be phased out earlier this machine will probably be phased out over the next few years
[+job] eliminar por etapas twenty thousand jobs are being phased out at IBM they phased out my job in favor of a computer
[+subsidy] eliminar progresivamente this practice is now being phased out they said the present system of military conscription should be phased out other cost-cutting measures include phasing out subsidies to BBC orchestras over five years the party has proposed phasing out child benefit, or at least scaling it down the free trade pact would phase out tariffs over a 15-year period I would be very happy if sanctions were phased out little by little Washington has proposed that such subsidies should be phased out over a period of a decade
[+production] parar progresivamente it was planned to phase out production of all other engines Dupont announced that it was phasing out production of CFC 11 and 12 altogether
[+factory, plant] cerrar progresivamente seven plants are to be phased out over the next three years the government is phasing out nuclear power stations company officials said 21 factories would need to be phased out the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be phased out these cooperatives are supposed to be phased out and all the land here will be leased individually
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