sprung (for)

verb

Definition of sprung (for)next
past participle of spring (for)
as in stood
to give what is owed for offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprung (for)
  1. stood
  2. paid
  3. settled
  4. paid off
Verb
  • View this post on X Someone has stood watch at the tomb every hour of every day since July 2, 1937.
    — Lars Hanson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Around them, the crowd stood silently, posters still raised high.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of stood
Verb
  • Of course, nobody would have to pay that directly, but it would all be paid for by future debt on the backs of our children.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Michael paid for a thirty-day treatment at a top facility in Florida.
    — New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of paid
Verb
  • Quinn Sullivan started the sequence with a cross in front of goal that Indiana Vassilev settled and pulled goalkeeper William Yarbrough out of his area to find Cavan Sullivan for a close-range finish into an empty net.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Meta, TikTok and YouTube previously settled with the plaintiffs in the same suit.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of settled
Verb
  • The market’s resourcefulness – rerouting oil via pipelines and forcing crude tankers through the strait via complex shuttle and military operations – paid off.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Where some had doubts, Spoelstra and the Heat front office had a vision, a vision that has paid off no matter the team’s current record.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of paid off
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“Sprung (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprung%20%28for%29. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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