farm out
verb
farmed out; farming out; farms out
1
: to turn over for performance by another usually under contract
farm out a job
2
a
: to put (someone, such as a child) into the hands of another for care
b
: 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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The Trump campaign has made the unusual move of farming out its turnout operations to external groups, primarily Elon Musk’s America PAC.
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Washington state by far has the most apple orchards, representing 2,335 farms out of 27,463 apple-producing farms nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2022 Census of Agriculture.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
Beyond ramping up production, a European security body will have to assume responsibility for its own research and development—a task that has largely been farmed out to the United States.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
At some point, the hospital decided to farm out the service to Shady Grove Fertility, but the quality of service had been set.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Washington state by far has the most apple orchards, representing 2,335 farms out of 27,463 apple-producing farms nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2022 Census of Agriculture.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
Beyond ramping up production, a European security body will have to assume responsibility for its own research and development—a task that has largely been farmed out to the United States.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
At some point, the hospital decided to farm out the service to Shady Grove Fertility, but the quality of service had been set.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Farm out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farm%20out. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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