buy the farm

buy the farm
verb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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She died from cancer

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The children perished in the fire

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The patient went peacefully

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The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

• Syn:
• Ant: ↑be born (for: ↑die)
• See Also: ↑die out (for: ↑die), ↑die off (for: ↑die), ↑die down (for: ↑die)
• Derivationally related forms:
↑passing (for: ↑pass), ↑expiration (for: ↑expire), ↑exit (for: ↑exit), ↑going (for: ↑go), ↑decedent (for: ↑decease), ↑decease (for: ↑decease), ↑death (for: ↑die), ↑Death (for: ↑die)
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Hyponyms:
↑abort, ↑suffocate, ↑stifle, ↑asphyxiate, ↑buy it, ↑pip out, ↑drown, ↑predecease, ↑starve, ↑famish, ↑fall, ↑succumb, ↑yield
• Verb Group:
↑die, ↑fail, ↑go bad, ↑give way, ↑give out, ↑conk out, ↑go, ↑break, ↑break down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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phrasal
: to get killed : die

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buy the farm (US sl)
To die
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Main Entry: ↑farm

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I

I refused to admit to my recklessness, even when I nearly bought the farm

II
see buy

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buy the farm — see ↑buy, 1
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Main Entry: ↑farm

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buy the ˈfarm idiom
(NAmE, informal) to die
Main entry: ↑buyidiom

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