"fork out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forks out [present, singular, third-person], forking out [participle, present], forked out [participle, past], forked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fork out (third-person singular simple present forks out, present participle forking out, simple past and past participle forked out)
  1. (transitive, informal) To pay out, to hand over Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: cough up, fork over, shell out
    Sense id: en-fork_out-en-verb-fnpHjUac Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out"

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fork out meaning in English (1.7kB)

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