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buy the farm
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Princeton's WordNet
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff itverb
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"
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buy the farmverb
To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.
Etymology: US slang, from the WWII era (first printed record in the US Air Force in the 1950's). Similar expressions like buy the plot and buy the lot also existed, although buy the farm is the only one to have survived. Probably related to older British slang buy it, buy one or buy the packet, both seemingly ironic references to something that one does not want to buy. May come from the common reflection that once someone had finished his service he would go home and buy a farm to settle on.
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buy the farm
"Buy the farm" is an idiomatic term, primarily used in American English, meaning to die or get killed. This phrase originated from military pilots. It often refers to a death resulting from an accident or a major mistake, such as a plane crash.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of buy the farm in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of buy the farm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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