Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give away the farm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables
give -away the -farm
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives away the farm (present, singular) giving away the farm (participle, present) gave away the farm (past) given away the farm (participle, past)

Synonyms

give away the store

Questions

What does give away the farm mean?
To pay more than one should have; to pay more than fair market value.

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