Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork.

    I forked over half the allotment this morning.

  2. (US, idiomatic, transitive)To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money.

    Hundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets.

    вы́ложитьvýložitʹ

More definitions
  • to surrender someone or something to another

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I steeled myself to fork over $50.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
pay:

Forms

forks over, forking over, forked over, forked over
Base formfork over · to fork over
3rd person singularforks over
Present participleforking over
Past simpleforked over
Past participleforked over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfork over
he, she, itforks over

Past simpleLesson

all personsforked over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forked over
he, she, ithas forked over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fork over

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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