springing (for)

present participle of spring (for)
as in paying
to give what is owed for offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for springing (for)
Verb
  • Duran had bigger concerns than who might be paying a local blogger.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Tariffs are also part of the reason Americans are paying more at repair shops — auto parts are primarily imported and now subject to tariffs of 25%.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The movie was getting some rapturous early reviews, so his big gamble—my big gamble, too, in a different way—seemed to be paying off.
    Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Despite paying off blackmailers and marrying Lady Olivia Hedges (Danielle Galligan) to protect his secret, Arthur still loses his father’s Parliament seat after getting caught committing election fraud.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The president had previously been adamant about Harvard paying up, as a few other schools have done, to end federal actions against it.
    Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Still, many are not convinced that is a good reason for Medicaid to continue paying up to a five-fold premium for public ambulance service providers relative to private competitors.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Springing (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/springing%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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