buy the farm
Example Sentences
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Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddleston, refused a $26 million offer from a data center builder to buy the farm land that had been in their family nearly 200 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Later it emerged that Green Man had to rely on Welsh ministers to buy the farm as it was unable to source the funds itself.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024
The rest of the time, he watches and waits, invisibly playing the long or short game, wanting to know his customers before they buy the farm.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
But there was a catch: His father provided the money to buy the farm; they became business partners.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022
Kit wants to buy the farm of me, and I don't think I own it.
From Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer by Oliver Optic
