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The day you trade your alarm clock for a hobby you'll soon overcommit to.
means To permanently leave the workforce, usually after a certain age, and live off savings or pensions.
from From French retirer, to withdraw or pull back — literally to draw oneself behind the lines, as a tired army might.
Bismarck's numberGermany set retirement at 65 in 1889.
Military rootOriginally meant retreating troops, not relaxing humans.
Tire linkUnrelated to rubber tires, despite the spelling tease.