Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bought the farm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
bought the -farm
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does bought the farm mean?
simple past and past participle of buy the farm

How to pronounce bought the farm

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