FORKED (OVER, OUT, OR UP) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

forked (over, out, or up)

verb

Definition of forked (over, out, or up)

past tense of fork (over, out, or up)

as in paid

to hand over or use up in payment I hated to have to fork over that kind of money for a new set of tires

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Many Ducks are certainly going to be better paid than last year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Her loft was in decent enough shape this past September that Keanu Reeves reportedly paid $45,000 a month to stay there with his partner, Alexandra Grant, while making his most excellent Broadway debut in Waiting for Godot with Alex Winter.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 26 Sep. 2026

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Cooks, who turns 33 on Friday, spent last season with New Orleans and Buffalo, making 24 catches for 279 yards in 15 games.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
In Kenya, this actuarial approach manifested as weeks spent in a Land Rover, counting herds of zebra with a handheld mechanical tally counter in my right hand and binoculars in my left.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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