The difference between Fork over and Shell out
When used as verbs, fork over means to turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork, whereas shell out means to pay money, to disburse.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fork over and Shell out
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Fork over as a verb:
To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork.
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Fork over as a verb (idiomatic, US):
To pay (implies lots of money).
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Shell out as a verb (slang, ambitransitive):
To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.
Examples:
"Do you think we should shell out for the extra options package?"
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Shell out as a verb (computing, especially, Unix):
To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.