to buy the farm

Examples

• All

• I almost bought the farm.

  Back to the Future Part II (1989)

• He bought the farm.

  The Right Stuff (1983)

• I finally bought the farm.

  Midnight Stallion (2013)

• So Kelly bought the farm, huh?

  Handsome Harry (2009)

• I looked down, and I just knew I was going to buy the farm.

  Stunts (1977)

• Now it was time to buy the farm, for me to meet my maker.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Looks like your boy Denslow is about to buy the farm.

  BASEketball (1998)

• Damn, I thought we'd bought the farm there for a while.

  Deliverance (1972)

• She bought the farm.

  Fiction book (1992)

• During the battle, many soldiers were injured and a few even bought the farm.

Synonyms

D

to die

vsto buy the farm

∞ 1.0

To stop living and no longer be alive

is informal and specifically suggests sudden or accidental fatality

G

to go

vsto buy the farm

∞ 5.6

To stop working or start to fail

narrows this to informal speech about sudden accidental or combat deaths

P

to pass

vsto buy the farm

• Formal

423 3.8

To stop living

is more informal and commonly used for sudden accidental deaths

P

to perish

vsto buy the farm

• Formal

120 6.0

To die suddenly or violently, often in large numbers

is more informal and often used in military or casual speech

D

to drop dead

vsto buy the farm

• Informal

87 8.4

Die suddenly, often from shock or extreme tiredness

is similar but carries a rough, informal military flavour

B

to buy it

vsto buy the farm

• Informal

42 9.9

To die suddenly from an accident or attack

is often used in military contexts rather than general informal speech

E

to expire

vsto buy the farm

• Formal

25 8.6

To die, often used in medical or formal speech

is informal and carries a sudden, often military accident implication

P

to pass away

vsto buy the farm

20 3.8

To die peacefully in a gentle, respectful way

is informal and often implies a sudden violent or accidental end

C

to croak

vsto buy the farm

• Slang

19 9.0

To die, said in a casual or joking way

is also informal but more tied to sudden accidental or combat deaths

K

to kick the bucket

vsto buy the farm

• Informal

9 8.6

To die, said in casual or joking speech

is similarly informal but often implies sudden accidental death

G

to give up the ghost

vsto buy the farm

• Informal

5 8.1

To die or stop working after a long time of problems

focuses on sudden accidental death rather than slow failure or decline

C

to conk

vsto buy the farm

• Slang

4 9.0

To suddenly faint or fall unconscious

leans more toward informal, military usage for sudden fatal outcomes

S

to snuff it

vsto buy the farm

• Slang

3 9.9

To stop living and not come back

keeps the same bluntness but often appears in military or ironic talk

D

to decease

vsto buy the farm

• Archaic

1 9.9

To stop living, used in formal or old language

is informal and mainly used for sudden fatal outcomes in military contexts

E

to exit

vsto buy the farm

• Formal

1 8.6

To die

is informal and more likely to imply sudden accidental or combat death

L

to lose one's life

vsto buy the farm

1 4.2

Die because of an accident, violence, or disaster

adds an informal, often military tone and suddenness to that idea

P

to pop off

vsto buy the farm

• Informal

1 9.1

To die, often said as a joke to make it seem less serious

is used more by military speakers to mean sudden accidental death

C

to cash in one's chips

vsto buy the farm

• Informal

9.6

To die in a light, not serious way

adds a sharper, often military sense of sudden fatality

Antonyms

S

to survive

∞ 2.7

Continue to exist after a dangerous or difficult event

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology