English verb: fork out | |||
1. | fork out (possession) to surrender someone or something to another | ||
Samples | The guard delivered the criminal to the police. Render up the prisoners. Render the town to the enemy. Fork over the money. | ||
Synonyms | deliver, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bail, give away | ||