Verb: buy the farm
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Cease to live
"The soldier bought the farm in the battle";
- die, decease [archaic], perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], conk [informal], give up the ghost [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on
Derived forms: buying the farm, buys the farm, bought the farm
Type of: change state, turn
Encyclopedia: Buy the farm