foot the bill
To pay for somethingTo pay for something.
» Did your husband foot the bill?
Твій чоловік заплатив за рахунком? — deniko
Ваш чоловік заплатив за рахунком? — deniko
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7 sentencesDid your husband foot the bill?
Твій чоловік заплатив за рахунком? — deniko
Who's going to foot the bill?
ruКто заплатит по счёту? — sharptoothed
I'll foot the bill.
ruЯ беру расходы на себя. — Hidari_v
deIch werde die Rechnung bezahlen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To pay for something.
Forms
foots the bill, footing the bill, footed the bill, footed the billirregular
| Base form | foot the bill · to foot the bill |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | foots the bill |
| Present participle | footing the bill |
| Past simple | footed the bill |
| Past participle | footed the bill |
Tenses
foot the bill · footed the bill · will foot the bill · have footed the billPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.