Antonyms for fork over

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawrk

Phonetic Transcription : fɔrk

Definition of fork over

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 kick in : verb contribute
As in shell out : verb give
As in cede : verb abandon, surrender
As in deal : verb distribute
As in deliver : verb transfer, carry
As in dish out : verb distribute
As in give : verb contribute, supply, transfer

Example sentences :

You'll just fork over five dollars to me this very night or off you go to the lock-up.
Extract from : « The Masked Bridal » by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

That you should fork over to me the remaining five thousand.
Extract from : « Capitola's Peril » by Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth

We bring you in on emergency—and you fork over a thousand buck fine.
Extract from : « The Guardians » by Irving Cox

She looked at it, changed her fork over, and went on eating with the other hand.
Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy

Well, fork over the twenty-five then, and the deal's closed.
Extract from : « The Life of the Party » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

Fork over that coin you lifted from me in the Elk, you light-fingered hound!
Extract from : « 'Firebrand' Trevison » by Charles Alden Seltzer

Just fork over, everybody, for the benefit of the heathens in Hungry Land.
Extract from : « The Putnam Hall Rebellion » by Arthur M. Winfield

Fork over them are dimonds—or else it will go harder with you.
Extract from : « The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales » by Francis A. Durivage

I had a picture in a dealer's shop—his place burnt down—I made him fork over.
Extract from : « In Friendship's Guise » by Wm. Murray Graydon

For this ovation the initiated prisoner had to pay, or fork over, half-a-crown—or submit to a loss of coat and waistcoat.
Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

Synonyms for fork over

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