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farm out

idiom

To subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource.


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  1. 01

    bet the farm

    To be absolutely certain, to have no doubts.

  2. 02

    buy the farm

    To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.

  3. 03

    farm nigger

    A supposedly inferior black person whose intellect is compared to that of a field hand.

  4. 04

    give away the farm

    To pay more than one should have; to pay more than fair market value.

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