Meaning of fork over | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork.
   transitive
2. To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money.
   US, idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“I forked over half the allotment this morning.”

“Hundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets.”

“Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.”

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