fork out

Verb

Meaning

to surrender someone or something to another

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fork over deliver render shell out hand over turn in cough up fork up present provide give produce issue spread supply

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Antonyms

garner keep husband collect gather cache

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Hypernyms

hand give reach pass pass on turn over

Hyponyms

bail give away

Examples

I was digging with a fork out of the kitchen drawer, sewing tictacs, I didn't know what the hell I was doing. After a bit I got bored and just started burying cheap spoons to baffle the archaeologists of the future. [On gardening]. Bill Bailey

the guard delivered the criminal to the police Source: Internet

render up the prisoners Source: Internet

render the town to the enemy Source: Internet

fork over the money Source: Internet

Had they paid full whack, they might have expected to fork out as much as £15,000 a month, or a total of £75,000. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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