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to fork out
01
to reluctantly pay a significant amount of money
Transitive: to fork out an amount of money
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
out
Base verb
fork
Present tense
fork out
3rd person singular
forks out
Present participle
forking out
Past simple
forked out
Past participle
forked out
Examples
I had to fork out a substantial sum for the car repairs, and it was a financial hit.
02
to provide something, such as information or an item, often unwillingly as a response to a request or demand
Transitive: to fork out sth
Examples
She refused to fork out the details of the secret project.
