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fork over
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. fork over - to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"fork out, fork up, hand over, turn in, deliver, renderhand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"bail - deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited periodgive away - formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father |
fork over
fork overTo physically give someone something, often reluctantly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fork" and "over." If you want the most cutting edge technology, you'd better be prepared to fork over the dough for it. Fork over your lunch money, dweeb.See also: fork, overfork something over (to someone)Inf. to give something to someone. (Usually refers to money.) Come on! Fork the money over to me! Fork over the cash you owe me!See also: fork, overfork overAlso, 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] See also: fork, overfork over or fork upv. To give or transfer something, especially in a reluctant, unenthusiastic, or automatic way: I thought the rug was overpriced, but I forked the cash over. We forked over our admission tickets to the usher and walked into the theater.See also: fork, overfork something over tv. to hand something over (to someone). Okay, fork over the dough and be quick about it! See also: fork, over, somethingfork over, toTo pay up, to hand over. This slangy term probably comes from the verb “to fork,” underground slang for picking someone’s pocket using only two fingers (resembling a two-tined fork). Dating from the first half of the 1800s, the term occasionally alluded to turning over something other than money, but it is the monetary version that survived. It also is put as an imperative, “Fork it over!” According to an article in Fortune by Rob Norton, it is one of the many clichés particularly favored by business journalists (Jan. 13, 1997).See also: forkfork over
Synonyms for fork oververb to surrender someone or something to anotherSynonyms- fork out
- fork up
- hand over
- turn in
- deliver
- render
Related Words- hand
- pass on
- turn over
- pass
- reach
- give
- bail
- give away
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