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FORK OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fork over mean?
• FORK OVER (verb)
The verb FORK OVER has 1 sense:
1. to surrender someone or something to another
Familiarity information: FORK OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
To surrender someone or something to another
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in
Context example:
fork over the money
Hypernyms (to "fork over" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fork over"):
bail (deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period)
give away (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
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