fork something over

fork over

To physically give someone something, often reluctantly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fork" and "over." If you want the most cutting edge technology, you'd better be prepared to fork over the dough for it. Fork over your lunch money, dweeb. Nobody wants to fork over the dough for a new car, but you have to—how is this piece of junk even still running?

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fork something over

tv. to hand something over (to someone). Okay, fork over the dough and be quick about it!

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