farm\ out

farm\ out
v
1. To have another person do (smth) 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.


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