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Antonyms for fork out
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fawrk |
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrk |
- accumulate
- agree
- append
- attach
- bury
- collect
- combine
- conceal
- connect
- convince
- couple
- cover
- defend
- deny
- disagree
- disarrange
- dislike
- disorganize
- exit
- fight
- fill
- gather
- hide
- hoard
- hold
- increase
- join
- keep
- link
- maintain
- misunderstand
- not get
- persuade
- preserve
- receive
- refrain
- refuse
- retain
- save
- secret
- store
- strengthen
- take
- unite
- win
- withdraw
- withhold
Definition of fork out
Origin :- Old English forca "forked instrument used by torturers," a Germanic borrowing (cf. Old Norse forkr) from Latin furca "pitchfork; fork used in cooking," of uncertain origin.
- Table forks were not generally used in England until 15c. The word is first attested in this sense in English in a will of 1463, probably from Old North French forque (Old French furche, Modern French fourche), from the Latin word. Of rivers, from 1753; of roads, from 1839.
- As in assign : verb set apart for a reason
- As in award : verb give prize or reward
- As in deal : verb distribute
- As in dig : verb delve into; hollow out
- As in dispense : verb dole out supply
- As in distribute : verb allocate, deliver, spread
- As in divide : verb distribute
- As in expend : verb exhaust; spend
- As in hand over : verb give back; release
- But he didn't pay the postage on his own letter, so that I had to fork out double.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Look at the luck of getting you to fork out for plays you've never heard the mention of.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Idler or bungler, he is willing to fork out his penny and pocket your shilling.
- Extract from : « Pearls of Thought » by Maturin M. Ballou
- I guess we shall all have to fork out money for new dresses.
- Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
- Will you come if I can get the aunt to fork out twenty quid?
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- While I'm about it I might as well do the fencing and fork out the sods for a garden patch.
- Extract from : « The Land of Strong Men » by Arthur M. Chisholm
- "And fork out somefink on account, Miss," oozed from his brother.
- Extract from : « The Passionate Elopement » by Compton Mackenzie
- The lawyer said she was within her rights, we'd have to fork out.
- Extract from : « The Riddle of the Frozen Flame » by Mary E. Hanshew
- That boy has the impudence—— 'Fork out that cold mutton,' says he, 'I can't sleep with a hollow inside of me.
- Extract from : « Girls New and Old » by L. T. Meade
- I come home and find the bread all used up, and I have to fork out another rouble and a half.
- Extract from : « What Men Live By and Other Tales » by Leo Tolstoy
Synonyms for fork out
- abandon
- accord
- adjudge
- administer
- allocate
- allot
- ante up
- appoint
- apportion
- appropriate
- articulate
- assign
- bestow
- blow
- bore
- break up
- bulldoze
- burrow
- cat
- cede
- channel
- circulate
- clean
- come across with
- commend
- commit
- concave
- concede
- confer
- consign
- consume
- convey
- cut
- cut in
- cut one in
- cut up
- deal
- deal out
- decree
- deepen
- deliver
- depress
- designate
- detail
- determine
- diffuse
- dig down
- disburse
- discover
- dish out
- dispense
- disperse
- dispose
- disseminate
- dissipate
- distribute
- divide
- divvy
- divvy up
- dole out
- donate
- dredge
- drill
- drive
- drop
- earmark
- employ
- endow
- enter
- entrust
- excavate
- exhume
- factor
- feed
- find
- finish
- fix
- foot the bill
- fork out
- fork over
- fork up
- furnish
- gift
- give
- give away
- give up
- give with
- go fifty-fifty
- go into
- go through
- gouge
- grant
- grub
- hand
- hand out
- hand over
- harvest
- hoe
- impart
- indicate
- inflict
- investigate
- issue
- lay out
- leave
- lot
- lot out
- measure
- measure out
- mete
- mete out
- mine
- outlay
- parcel
- partake
- participate
- partition
- pass out
- pay
- pay out
- penetrate
- piece up
- pierce
- pit
- portion
- prepare
- prescribe
- present
- probe
- produce
- prorate
- provide
- put out
- quarry
- quota
- radiate
- ration
- relegate
- relinquish
- render
- reward
- root
- root out
- rout
- sap
- scatter
- scoop
- scoop out
- search
- share
- shell out
- shift
- shovel
- sift
- slice
- slice up
- sow
- spade
- specify
- split up
- splurge
- spring for
- stipulate
- strew
- strike
- supply
- surrender
- sweeten the kitty
- throw money at
- till
- transfer
- tunnel
- turn over
- uncover
- undermine
- unearth
- use up
- waive
- wash up
- yield
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