spring (for)

as in to pay
to give what is owed for offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang

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Verb
  • McLaurin wants to be paid like one of the top wideouts in the NFL.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
  • On Thursday, July 31, the White House announced plans to begin construction in September on a $200 million ballroom on the east part of the mansion, which Trump has vowed to pay out of his own pocket and with private donations.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Drake has long followed a similar flood-the-market philosophy, and it’s paid off for him.
    Xander Zellner, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Clearly, the experiment paid off: at the table next to us, all four diners ordered a second round of spicy pickled palomas.
    Angela Lian, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • To meet the demands of this new landscape, companies are rethinking network design.
    Umesh Kumar Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • On Rosh Hashanah of 1944, Fernande met a young American Jewish soldier named David Snegg at the Grand Synagogue in Paris.
    Marc Snegg, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Spring (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spring%20%28for%29. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.

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