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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For consumption, Temasek sees opportunities in spending on experiences over goods, and homegrown consumer brands that have proved innovation capabilities, over foreign brands.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026
But instead, Patel is walking free after spending two years living with his parents and participating in therapy.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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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

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Despite shelling out their second-largest salary on the team – behind only Doncic – the Lakers’ amount of wiggle room remains the same heading into unrestricted free agency next week.

— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 24 June 2026
In other words, the additional money that our companies are shelling out to cover higher memory costs ultimately pads these three companies’ bottom lines.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 June 2026

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