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What is buy a farm?This term was used during World War 2 whenever a Allied Pilot would have to make a crash landing into a European farm/house. WW2 pilots who did this were actually charged for the damages they caused and actually in a sense: Pilot: "I crashed landed my P-51 Mustang into this ladies barn and livestock." buy a farm - videoBuy a farm - what is it?to die, especially in combat They knew that if their father were to buy the farm they would have to sell the farm. What does "buy a farm" mean?Buy the farm was originated with pilots. Mostly military. Bob : You know Dave? He bought the farm whilst on a training excerise last week Buy a farm - what does it mean?to die, a synonym of "kick the bucket". Billy: "So how's your uncle Jimmy doing?" Buy a farm - meaning"If you don't know how to handle your BAR effectively while keeping your head down, you could buy the farm." Buy a farm - definitionTo die, espescially in combat; most likely from the idea that a dead soldier's death benifit would serve to pay off his family's morgtage. Often shortened to "bought it." Chuck Lindberg later recalled the hazards of lugging a tank that carried seventy-two pounds of... napalm... under twelve hundred pounds of pressure... "It was dangerous work. A lot of guys bought the farm trying that." Buy a farm - slangLiterally means: to die. "However, you are just as dead if you buy a farm in an "incident" as you are if you buy it in a declared war." |
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