[farm out] {v.} 1. To have another person do 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 betaken care of.
While Mother was sick, the children were farmed outto relatives.
3. To send a player to a league where the quality ofplay is lower.
The player was farmed out to Rochester to gainexperience.
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Значение идиомы farm out