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bought the farm

bought the farm is the simple past and past participle of buy the farm.

Meaning of buy the farm

Verb

buy the farm (third-person singular simple present buys the farm, present participle buying the farm, simple past and past participle bought the farm)

  1. (US, euphemistic, idiomatic, informal) To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.
    • You're just as dead if you buy the farm in an "incident" as if you buy it in a declared war.1959, Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers, page 131
    Synonyms:
    buy it, buy the plot, buy the ranch, buy the big one, kick the bucket, punch one's ticket, meet your maker

Questions about bought the farm

What is bought the farm the simple past and past participle of?
Bought the farm is the simple past and past participle of buy the farm.

Words near bought the farm in the dictionary

  1. bought some time
  2. bought straw hats in winter
  3. bought the big one
  4. bought the dip
  5. bought the dips
  6. bought the farm
  7. bought the rabbit
  8. bought the rack
  9. bought the rumor
  10. bought time
  11. bought to let

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