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    1. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      informal
      die:
      "she was almost hypothermic and damn-near bought the farm"
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    1. die:
      pass away
      pass on
      lose one's life
      depart this life
      expire
      breathe one's last
      lay down one's life
      perish
      go the way of all flesh
      go to glory
      give up the ghost
      kick the bucket
      bite the dust
      croak
      flatline
      buy it
      cash in one's chips
      go belly up
      shuffle off this mortal coil
      peg out
      bite the big one
      check out
      hand in one's dinner pail
      go bung
      exit
      decease
      draw one's last breath
      meet one's end
      meet one's death
      be no more
      be lost
      go the way of the flesh
      go to one's last resting place
      go to meet one's maker
      cross the great divide
      cross the Styx
      conk out
      turn up one's toes
      go the way of the dinosaurs
      push up the daisies
      be six feet under
      snuff it
      pop one's clogs
      hop the twig/stick
      Opposite:
      live
      survive
     
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    They gambled with as much reckless abandon as they flew their airplanes. They knew they might buy the farm tomorrow. This idiom is most often found in its past tense and past participle form bought the farm.

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    buy the farm idiom US informal to die: If you crash at 60 mph, the odds are you'll buy the farm.

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    What does buy the farm mean?
    Get a quick, free translation! BUY THE FARM definition: 1. to die: 2. to die: . Learn more.

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    What is the past tense of buy the farm?
    This idiom is most often found in its past tense and past participle form bought the farm. Michael Quinion (2004) “Buy the farm”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

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    Where does the idiom 'buy a farm' come from?
    One theory suggests that the idiom comes from the idea of buying a farm being an ultimate level of success or achievement, something that most people only dream of. Another theory suggests that the idiom comes from the idea of "buying into" a project or idea and seeing it through to completion.

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    Is buying the farm a etymology?
    The problem with this etymology is that it has yet to prove out. Though "buying the farm" did become a way of saying "he died" (in battle or otherwise, soldier or anyone else), the connection between G.I.s' death benefits and swarms of families paying off mortgages with those sadly-gained funds is tenuous at best.

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    What is a synonym for buying a farm?
    There are many different ways to express the idea of someone passing away. Some common synonyms for “buying the farm” include “kicking the bucket”, “biting the dust”, “pushing up daisies”, and “meeting one’s maker”. These phrases often use colorful imagery to convey a sense of finality or irreversibility.

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    Why do pilots say 'buy the farm'?
    Maybe I wasn't going to buy the farm after all. Note: A possible explanation for this expression is that, in wartime, American Air Force pilots sometimes said that they wanted to stop flying, buy a farm or ranch, and lead a peaceful life. `Buy the farm' then came to be used when a pilot was killed in a crash.

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