bought the farm

bought the farm
died; often refers to death in battle or by a plane crash.

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  • buy 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,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • buy the farm — When somebody has bought the farm, they have died …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • buy the farm — tv. to die; to get killed. □ He bought the farm on San Juan Hill. □ I’m too young to buy the farm …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • buy 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 …   Wiktionary

  • buy the farm — die, kick the bucket, pass away    Where s Henry? Oh, he bought the farm years ago died of cancer, eh …   English idioms

  • buy the farm — v. die. He bought the farm during that last raid …   English slang

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