- shell out (an amount of money)
- shell out (an amount of money)to spend a certain amount of money. •
I'm not going to shell out $400 for that!
•Come on. You owe me. Shell out!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
shell out (an amount of money)
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shell out (an amount of money) — AND shell an amount of money out tv. & in. o spend a certain amount of money. □ I’m not going to shell $400 out for that! □ Come on. You owe me. Shell out! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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shell — noun 1》 the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean. ↘the thin outer covering of a bird s or reptile s egg. ↘the outer case of a nut kernel or seed. ↘the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin. ↘the wing cases… … English new terms dictionary
