| 释义 |
pick up the tab pick up the tabTo pay the cost of something, as at a restaurant or bar, especially as a treat or favor for someone else. I know it's old-fashioned, but I still think a guy should pick up the tab on a first date. My employers have offered to pick up the tab if I decide to go to grad school.See also: pick, tab, uppick up the tab and pick up the checkto pay the bill. Whenever we go out, my father picks up the tab. Order whatever you want. The company is picking up the check.See also: pick, tab, uppick up the tab COMMON If you pick up the tab, you pay for something, often something that you are not responsible for. Pollard picked up the tab for dinner. If your girlfriend is always picking up the tab, the inequality in your relationship may be difficult for you both to handle.See also: pick, tab, uppick up the tab pay for something. informal, chiefly North AmericanSee also: pick, tab, uppick up the ˈtab (for something) (informal) pay the bill, especially for a group of people in a restaurant, etc: Her father picked up the tab for all the champagne at the wedding.See also: pick, tab, up |