fork out

1. 1.

   to surrender someone or something to another

   “the guard delivered the criminal to the police”

   “render up the prisoners”

   “render the town to the enemy”

   “fork over the money”

   Synonymshand overfork overfork upturn indeliverrender

   Broaderpass

   Narrowerbailgive away

Questions about fork out

What does fork out mean?

fork out means "to surrender someone or something to another".

What is another word for fork out?

Close synonyms include hand over, fork over, fork up, turn in, deliver. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fork out a common word?

fork out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.