farm out
verb
Definition of farm out
transitive verb
1 : to turn over for performance by another usually under contract farm out a job
2a : to put (someone, such as a child) into the hands of another for careb : to send (an athlete, such as a baseball player) to a farm team
3 : to exhaust (land) by farming especially by continuously raising one crop
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First Known Use of farm out
circa 1600
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