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

forking (over, out, or up)

verb

present participle of fork (over, out, or up)

as in spending

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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Recording a good voiceover can mean finding a narrator, booking studio time, or spending hours trying to get a usable take yourself.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2026
Campaign The two candidates are spending millions of dollars to get elected, and the money is apparent with the high frequency of television commercials, sometimes as often as four times per hour on one station.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

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New homebuyers are paying 7% on their mortgages, and other loans are even more expensive.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
In a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Baker-Mazara alleged that Musselman kicked him off the team in an effort to avoid paying him the remainder of his name, image and likeness contract with the school.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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Per Lambrook’s official website, Middleton and William will be shelling out a tuition cost of £11,176, or $15,144, for Charlotte and £10,270, or $13,917, for Louis, per term.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Sep. 2026
After shelling out more than $5 billion to support LIV, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund with $900 billion assets under management pulled back on its financial support this past April.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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