buy the farm

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buy the farm
die, pass away

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buy the farm

Verb
1. die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket"
(synonym) kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
(hypernym) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
(classification) colloquialism


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buy the farm
die, kick the bucket, pass away """Where's Henry?"" ""Oh, he bought the farm years ago - died of cancer, eh."""