Buy The Farm (Verb)

Meaning

Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

• He was a brave soldier and buy the farm in a battle for his country.
• The old gentleman smoked all his life, but it was a heart attack that made him buy the farm.
• The young officer buy the farm in the very first firefight of his deployment.
• After the accident, she was rushed to the hospital, but sadly she buy the farm a few hours later.
• It was a tragic day for everyone in the town when their beloved priest buy the farm under a falling tree.

Synonyms

• Pop Off
• Croak
• Die
• Pass
• Expire
• Decease
• Cash In One's Chips
• Perish
• Conk
• Choke
• Exit
• Drop Dead
• Pass Away
• Go
• Give-up The Ghost
• Kick The Bucket
• Snuff It

Hypernyms

• Change State
• Turn

Hyponyms

• Buy It
• Stifle
• Predecease
• Abort
• Fall
• Asphyxiate
• Drown
• Pip Out
• Starve
• Succumb
• Suffocate
• Yield
• Famish