"fork over" meaning in English

See fork over in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-fork over.ogg Forms: forks over [present, singular, third-person], forking over [participle, present], forked over [participle, past], forked over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fork over (third-person singular simple present forks over, present participle forking over, simple past and past participle forked over)
  1. To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork. Translations (turn over soil with a gardening fork): spitten (Dutch), omspitten (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-fork_over-en-verb-ldZ5phYl Disambiguation of 'turn over soil with a gardening fork': 85 15
  2. (idiomatic, US) To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money. Tags: US, idiomatic Translations (pay): overhevelen (Dutch), вы́ложить (výložitʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fork_over-en-verb-aDIxkWfj Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'pay': 0 100

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