adopt out

Verb

  • To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
  • To send a son or daughter away to live in another country. (Used with to).
  • To send a child to be adopted by family of a different culture and ethnicity.

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