to fork out

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to fork out - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fork \Fork\, v. t.
     To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over
     with a fork, as the soil.
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           Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart. --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
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     To fork over To fork out, to hand or pay over, as money;
        to cough up. [Slang] --G. Eliot.
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