idiom · informal
fork out
UK/fɔːk aʊt/US/fɔrk aʊt/FORK OUT
speaking
to pay (often unwillingly) for something
Examples
“We had to fork out £200 for the car repairs.”
“He finally forked out for the software licence.”
“I don’t want to fork out that much for a phone.”
Band 8 sentence
“When the heater broke down, we had to fork out a significant sum to get it fixed immediately.”
Collocations
- fork out for repairs
- fork out £200
Word family
fork out (phrasal verb) verbforked out verb (past)
Common mistakes
He fork money out→He forked out the money
to fork paid→to fork out
Say it for a higher band
5pay→6pay up→7+fork out
Synonyms
cough up
Easily confused
cough up
“They made him cough up the money he owed.”
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