Phrasal Verbs

farm out

This page is about the phrasal verb farm out

Meaning

If you farm out work, you pay people outside your company to do it.

For example

  • farm sth out They farm a lot of the work out to freelancers because it's cheaper than employing their own people.

  • farm out sth We've decided to farm out most of the basic programming work to IT subcontractors in India.

Quick Quiz

Web site design companies often farm out some of the work they get to

a. local farmers

b. foreign workers

c. online customers
a) local farmers b) foreign workers c) online customers

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Contributor: Matt Errey