buy the farm
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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
You buy that, and you might buy the farm.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020
They appointed Stoner their agent to buy the farm, under cover, which he did at a nice profit—to himself.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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