verb
to surrender someone or something to another
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the guard delivered the criminal to the police
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render up the prisoners
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render the town to the enemy
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fork over the money
• Derivationally related forms: ↑deliverer (for: ↑deliver), ↑delivery (for: ↑deliver), ↑handover (for: ↑hand over)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Somebody ——s something to somebody
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fork out ,
● fork
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ˌfork ˈout [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fork out he/she/it forks out present participle forking out past tense forked out past participle forked out] informal phrasal verb
to spend money on something, especially when you do not want to
fork out on/for:
I’m not forking out £400 on ski clothes!
Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym
Main entry: fork
Useful english dictionary. 2012.