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shell out


shell out

verb

Definition of SHELL OUT

to hand over or use up in payment <we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets>
Synonyms disburse, drop, expend, fork (over, out, or up), give, lay out, outlay, pay, shell out

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