| 单词 | sting somebody for something |
| 释义 | sting somebody for something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsting somebody for something phrasal verb British English informal1 TRICK/DECEIVEto charge someone too much for somethingThe garage stung him for £300.2 BORROWto borrow money from someoneCan I sting you for a fiver? → sting→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussting for • He dispatched Mercury to Carthage with a stinging message for Aeneas.From Longman Business Dictionarysting somebody for something phrasal verb [transitive] British English informal to charge someone too much for somethingThe garage stung him for £300. → sting→ See Verb table |
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