farm somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also farm)

1. to send work to other people instead of doing it yourself
farm somebody/something ↔ out to
The processing will be farmed out to people in local villages.

2. to send someone to a different place where they will be looked after – used to show disapproval
farm somebody/something ↔ out to
At the age of 16 she was farmed out to family friends.

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farm out
farm out (someone) (to (someone))
to give someone to someone else who will take care of them.
She farmed out her children to her brother for two weeks.

farm out (something) (to (someone))
to give work or responsibilities to other people.
Magazines often farm out articles to freelance writers.

If you can't finish the reports by next week, you should farm them out.

farm out (something) (to (someone))
to give work or responsibilities to other people.
Magazines often farm out articles to freelance writers.

If you can't finish the reports by next week, you should farm them out.

farm out (something) (to (someone))
to give work or responsibilities to other people.
Magazines often farm out articles to freelance writers.

If you can't finish the reports by next week, you should farm them out.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

farm out something
farm out (something) (to (someone))
to give work or responsibilities to other people.
Magazines often farm out articles to freelance writers.

If you can't finish the reports by next week, you should farm them out.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

farm out
to have someone else do something, to send something away to have it done
We farmed out the printing to another company in order to save money.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

farm something out
to have someone else do something, to send something away to have it done
We farmed out the printing to another company in order to save money.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

farm out
v.
1. To have another person do (something) for you; send away to be done.
Our teacher had too many test papers to read, so she farmed out half of them to a friend.
2. To send away to be taken care of.
While Mother was sick, the children were farmed out to relatives.
3. To send a player to a league where the quality of play is lower.
The player was farmed out to Rochester to gain experience.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

farm out someone
farm out (someone) (to (someone))
to give someone to someone else who will take care of them.
She farmed out her children to her brother for two weeks.

farm out (something) (to (someone))
to give work or responsibilities to other people.
Magazines often farm out articles to freelance writers.

If you can't finish the reports by next week, you should farm them out.

farm out (something) (to (someone))
to give work or responsibilities to other people.
Magazines often farm out articles to freelance writers.

If you can't finish the reports by next week, you should farm them out.

farm out (something) (to (someone))
to give work or responsibilities to other people.
Magazines often farm out articles to freelance writers.

If you can't finish the reports by next week, you should farm them out.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲