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to stump up
[phrase form: stump]
01
to pay money, often unwillingly or under pressure
Dialect
British
British
Informal
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
up
Base verb
stump
Present tense
stump up
3rd person singular
stumps up
Present participle
stumping up
Past simple
stumped up
Past participle
stumped up
Examples
After dinner, everyone had to stump up their share of the bill for the meal.
