fork over

Idioms and Phrases

Also, fork out or up . Hand over, pay up. For example, It's time you forked over what you owe , or He forked out a hundred for that meal , or Fork up or we'll sue . [ Slang ; early 1800s]

Example Sentences

For an article in the Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, the author must fork over $650 for “handling.”

From The Daily Beast

In order to avoid prison time, Malory agrees to fork over ISIS and cease all ISIS operations.

From The Daily Beast

Then, he runs into a few gang members who force him to fork over his briefcase.

From The Daily Beast

BP has committed to providing $15 million for improvements to oyster grounds, but has yet to fork over the money.

From The Daily Beast

We sued each other before he eventually agreed to fork over $200,000 to cover various out-of-pocket vendors.

From The Daily Beast

I've seen secret service men, marshals, and railroad detectives fork over their change as meek as Moses.

From Project Gutenberg

I had a picture in a dealer's shop—his place burnt down—I made him fork over.

From Project Gutenberg

I'll make somebody fork over to a stiff tune, and serve him d—— right.

From Project Gutenberg

As indicated above, these positions may be easily found by rotating a vibrating fork over a resonant air column, or near the ear.

From Project Gutenberg

Now and then it is well to turn the fork over and run it down into the fire to keep the fire level.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accord
• allow
• award
• commit
• deliver
• donate
• grant
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• permit
• present
• provide
• sell
• turn over