F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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Contents of F:
[for keeps] {adv. phr.}
1. For the winner to keep.
They played marbles for keeps.
2. {informal}
For always; forever,
He left town for keeps.
Syn.: [FOR GOOD].
3. Seriously, not just for fun.
This is not a joke, it's for keeps.
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[fork over a lot of money] {v. phr.}
To pay an excessive amount of money often unwillingly.
"According to my divorce decree," Alan complained, "I have to fork over a lot of money to my ex-wife every month."
[fork over] or [fork out] also [fork up] {v.}
To pay; pay out.
He had to fork over fifty dollars to have the car repaired.
Compare: [HAND OVER].
[for laughs] {adv. phr.}
For pleasure; for fun; as a joke.
The college boys climbed up into the girls' dorms and stole some of their dresses just for laughs, but they were punished all the same.
[for love or money] {adv. phr.}
For anything; for any price. Used in negative sentences.
I wouldn't give him my dog for love or money.
Compare: [FOR ALL THE WORLD] (1).
[for one]
As the first of several possible examples; as one example.
Manv people do not like certain foods. I for one do not like cabbage.
- Also used with similar words instead of "one".
* /Several materials can be used to make the box: […]