buy a farm
1buy the farm — When somebody has bought the farm, they have died …
2buy the farm — verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life She died from cancer The children perished in the fire The patient went peacefully The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102 • Syn: ↑die,… …
3buy the farm — vb American to die. An expression which is said to have originated with barnstorming or fighter pilots. The farm in question is either a worm farm (i.e. a grave) or an ironic reference to a symbol of retire ment (if a pilot survived he would… …
4buy the farm — tv. to die; to get killed. □ He bought the farm on San Juan Hill. □ I’m too young to buy the farm …
5buy the farm N. Amer. — buy the farm N. Amer. informal die. → buy …
6buy the farm — verb To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash. That cat must have been twenty years old when he finally bought the farm. Syn: buy it, kick the bucket, punch ones ticket, real estate deal …
7buy the farm — phrasal see buy it …
8buy the farm — vp To die. If you don t kick the ice cream habit you re going tobuy the farm. 1940s …
9buy the farm — die, kick the bucket, pass away Where s Henry? Oh, he bought the farm years ago died of cancer, eh …
10buy the farm — v. die. He bought the farm during that last raid …
