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foot the bill
Idioms and Phrases
Pay the bill, settle the accounts, as in The bride's father was resigned to footing the bill for the wedding . This expression uses foot in the sense of “add up and put the total at the foot, or bottom, of an account.” [ Colloquial ; early 1800s]Example Sentences
Some of us, through our news organizations, had to foot the bill for private security at various Trump rallies.
Ms Logan had not taken out travel insurance meaning the family has now been left to foot the bill for Lily's medical care.
“Reinsurance is a main reason State Farm is asking for its massive 30% rate hike — but the company is overpaying for reinsurance and consumers shouldn’t foot the bill,” said Carmen Balber, executive director of the group.
Some owners find they can’t foot the bill, and prices have fallen in buildings with big new maintenance assessments.
The project is expected to cost about £150m, with City Hall officials hoping local businesses, private funders and new revenue streams could foot the bill.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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