"According to my divorce decree," Alan complained, "I have to fork over a lot of money to my ex-wife every month."
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
fork over a lot of money — {v. phr.} To pay an excessive amount of money often unwillingly. * / According to my divorce decree, Alan complained, I have to fork over a lot of money to my ex wife every month. / … Dictionary of American idioms
fork over a lot of money — {v. phr.} To pay an excessive amount of money often unwillingly. * / According to my divorce decree, Alan complained, I have to fork over a lot of money to my ex wife every month. / … Dictionary of American idioms
fork — [fɔːk ǁ fɔːrk] verb fork out something phrasal verb [intransitive, transitive] informal to spend a lot of money on something, not because you want to but because you have to; =SHELL OUT: • Even more embarrassingly for the struggling bank, it had… … Financial and business terms
fork — fork1 [fo:k US fo:rk] n ↑fork, ↑knife, ↑spoon [: Old English; Origin: forca, from Latin furca] 1.) a tool you use for picking up and eating food, with a handle and three or four points ▪ Put the knives and forks on the table. 2.) a garden tool… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fork — 1 noun (C) 1 a tool used for picking up and eating food, with a handle and three or four points: knives and forks 2 a garden tool used for digging, with a handle and three or four points compare pitchfork 1 3 a place where a road or river divides … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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give — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bestow, donate (see giving); give up, yield, concede. v. i. give in, give way, surrender, yield. n. elasticity.See relinquishment. Ant., take. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To transfer] Syn. grant, bestow … English dictionary for students
