Meaning of fork out | Babel Free

Definitions

To pay out, to hand over

informal, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“The hard drive⟳ broke down, so I forked out five hundred dollars for a new one.”

“We must go to Athens. Will you come⟳ if I can get⟳ the aunt to fork out twenty quid?”

“But in the event that Giuffre’s case against Andrew proceeds and he loses it, and a multimillion-dollar payment has to be made, you get⟳ the feeling public attitudes would change⟳ overnight if the maternal bailout ran to forking out Andy’s damages for him.”

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