fork over

present singular third person forks over · participle present forking over · participle past forked over · past forked over

1. transitiveTo turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork.

   I forked over half the allotment this morning.

2. USidiomatictransitiveTo pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money.

   Hundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets.

   1 more example

   Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.

   2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in A.V. Club, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2013