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spring for

spring for verb: to pay for; to offer money.

Verb

spring for (third-person singular simple present springs for, present participle springing for, simple past sprang for, past participle sprung for)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To pay for; to offer money.
    • Wal-Mart . . . would pay the town $100,000 in annual taxes and cover much needed road improvements too. The store even agreed to spring for an archaeological dig on the site, once an Indian campground.1993 November 1, Sophfronia Gregory et al., “They're Up Against the Wal”, in Time

Forms of spring for

third-person singular presentsprings for
present participlespringing for
pastsprang for
past participlesprung for

Questions about spring for

What does spring for mean?
Spring for means to pay for; to offer money.
What part of speech is spring for?
Spring for is a verb.
What is the past tense of spring for?
The past tense of spring for is sprang for.

Words near spring for in the dictionary

  1. Spring Festivals
  2. spring fever
  3. spring field cricket
  4. spring field crickets
  5. Spring Flat
  6. spring for
  7. spring forward, fall back
  8. spring fumewort
  9. spring fumeworts
  10. Spring Garden
  11. spring gentian

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