Fork Over (Verb)
Meaning
To surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The company was forced to fork over millions of dollars in compensation for the environmental damage they caused.
- The judge ordered the defendant to fork over the stolen money to its rightful owner.
- After being caught by the authorities, he was made to fork over the incriminating documents.
- The regime eventually had to fork over control of the disputed territory to the neighboring country.
- The robbers tried to intimidate the store owner into forking over the daily earnings.