I did see the term to describe something. However........

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Dear teachers,
I have ever read on the book the way to speak whenever you feel reluntant to pay for your friends or someone by saying and doing " fork the money to someone". However, I tried to confirm it with two of my foreign friends and they said " No" . They have never heard of this to describe it.
So I want to confirm with you about it. And is there any other way similar to the above saying that describes the same thing?

Thanks a lot.
 

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Dear teachers,
I have [STRIKE]ever[/STRIKE] read [STRIKE]on the[/STRIKE] in a book the way to speak whenever you feel reluctant to pay for your friends or someone by saying and doing "fork the money to someone". However, I tried to confirm it with two of my foreign friends and they said "No". They have never heard of this phrase to describe it.
So I want to confirm with you about it. And is there any other way similar to the above saying that describes the same thing?
[Note: Not all errors fixed, especially in first sentence"]
Thanks a lot.
"fork the money to someone" means nothing to me. You can "fork up the money" or "fork over some money [to someone]". That means you do pay. You may or may not be reluctant to "fork up".
 

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Additionally, you can 'fork out' for the meal (pay for it).



Welcome to the forum, emilyren.

Please note that a better title would have been 'fork the money to someone'.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

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Dear teachers,
I have ever read on the book the way to speak whenever you feel reluntant to pay for your friends or someone by saying and doing " fork the money to someone". However, I tried to confirm it with two of my foreign friends and they said " No" . They have never heard of this to describe it.
So I want to confirm with you about it. And is there any other way similar to the above saying that describes the same thing?

Thanks a lot.

Normally, with friends, we say "chip in". It is less aggressive than "fork over" or the other forks.
 

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"Chip in" to me means to pay your share (possibly an equal share). "Fork out" simply means to pay.

My friends and I have all chipped in to buy an expensive present for David's 30th birthday.
I just forked out £12,000 for new windows for my flat.
 

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"Chip in" to me means to pay your share (possibly an equal share). "Fork out" simply means to pay.

My friends and I have all chipped in to buy an expensive present for David's 30th birthday.
I just forked out £12,000 for new windows for my flat.

Fork out is different from fork over.
 
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