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pick up the tab

pick up the tab
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pik uhp stressed th ee tab]
    • /pɪk ʌp stressed ði tæb/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pik uhp stressed th ee tab]
    • /pɪk ʌp stressed ði tæb/

Definitions of pick up the tab words

  • phrase pick up the tab If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something. 0
  • noun pick up the tab to pay the bill or total cost 0

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Parts of speech for Pick up the tab

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pick up the tab popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for pick up the tab

verb pick up the tab

  • angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
  • angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
  • buy into — If you buy into a company or an organization, you buy part of it, often in order to gain some control of it.
  • cosign — to sign (a document) jointly
  • defray — If you defray someone's costs or expenses, you give them money which represents the amount that they have spent, for example while they have been doing something for you or acting on your behalf.

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