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farm sth out

Phrasal Verb with farm
 
 
/fɑːm/ verb [I or T] PRODUCTION

Definition

informal
to employ another company or person to do work for you rather than doing it yourself: Factory assembly is usually the step in the manufacturing process that is farmed out to lower-cost firms.
(Definition of farm sth out from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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