See buy the farm on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1959, Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers, page 131:",
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"ref": "1984, G. Harry Stine, Manna, page 221:",
"text": "Then tracers laced the sky in front of me. Forget the shooting! If I get distracted now, I'll buy the farm anyway!",
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"ref": "1995, Steve Allen, “Having a Good Time”, in Ann McDonough, Kent R. Brown, editors, A Grand Entrance, published 2000, →ISBN, page 212:",
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"ref": "2002, W. Barry Baird, Vietnam Journey, →ISBN, page 171:",
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