fork over
(transitive, idiomatic, US) To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money.
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The saddest part, centrist Dems will fork over the billion dollar price tag before midterms.
And now I'm hearing he's upped the price he wants *us* (taxpayers) to fork over for his ballroom to one *billion* dollars!
The original Notepad++ developer has called out the recently released macOS fork over unauthorized use of the app’s name and branding, adding that Notepad++ has never released a macOS version alternativeto.net/news/20…
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(transitive, idiomatic, US) To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money.
“The saddest part, centrist Dems will fork over the billion dollar price tag before midterms.”
“And now I'm hearing he's upped the price he wants *us* (taxpayers) to fork over for his ballroom to one *billion* dollars!”
Hundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets.
“The saddest part, centrist Dems will fork over the billion dollar price tag before midterms.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And now I'm hearing he's upped the price he wants *us* (taxpayers) to fork over for his ballroom to one *billion* dollars!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The original Notepad++ developer has called out the recently released macOS fork over unauthorized use of the app’s name and branding, adding that Notepad++ has never released a macOS version alternativeto.net/news/2026/5...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive) To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork.
I forked over half the allotment this morning.
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