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buy the farm

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buy the farm and buy it
Sl. to die; to get killed. (The farm is a burial plot.) I'll pass through this illness; I'm too young to buy the farm. He lived for a few hours after his collapse, but then he bought it.
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He said: "The couple did buy the farm knowing the windfarms were a possibility, so I am quite surprised by some of their comments.
'Special' spot is worth over pounds 6m by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Anyone wishing to find out more about helping the TRC or how to contribute to the appeal to buy the farm, should contact Carrie Humble on 01995 605007.
Racing: Horses welcomed home by Humble by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
But their life was made hell by a local gundog breeder, who had wanted to buy the farm himself.
Hate that ended couple's new start by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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