SPRINGING (FOR) Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

springing (for)

verb

Definition of 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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repudiating

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Verb

Rather than paying the Cuban government agency that runs medical missions, Calabria signed individual contracts with the doctors and makes deposits in their Italian bank accounts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
The Justice Department unveiled this case against it, essentially arguing that SPLC had been defrauding its donors by paying informants within far-right groups who were infiltrating those groups.

— Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

Definition of paying

Verb

Coach Bora Milutinovic’s strategy of packing the field with defenders, starting only one forward, seemed to be paying off.

— Gabriel Sama, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
The higher costs include facility maintenance, labor contracts, employee pensions and paying off existing debt.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Definition of paying off

Verb

The Redevelopment Commission on Thursday authorized paying up to $35,000 to buy a partial parcel to extend the road being created in front of Portage Mall south beyond the Stone Quarry and possibly as far south as Central Avenue.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
With stock indexes now holding more semiconductors than ever, perhaps this month's whipsaw has investors paying up for hedges.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 15 June 2026

Definition of paying up

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