- fork over a lot of money
- {v. phr.} To pay an excessive amount of money often unwillingly. * /"According to my divorce decree," Alan complained, "I have to fork over a lot of money to my ex-wife every month."/
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
fork over a lot of money
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