spring for sth
— phrasal verb with spring uk/sprɪŋ/us/sprɪŋ/verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] sprang or US also sprung, sprung
US informal to pay for or buy something, often for someone else:
They offered to spring for the tickets.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- expense
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- payee
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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