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spring for
Idioms and Phrases
Pay another's expenses, treat, as in I'll spring for the dinner this time . [ Slang ; c. 1900]Example Sentences
The state Department of Water Resources said the reservoir could reach full capacity this spring for a third straight year.
The Gandolfini described in the book could be hot-tempered and unpredictable, but most who worked with him remember an extremely generous man, with both his money — he would often spring for parties and lavish dinners for his “Sopranos” family — and a well-timed compliment.
In September 2024, the government decided to speed up the process by asking for their recommendations by the spring for how much public sector pay should rise in each sector in the 2025-26 financial year.
Every spring for the past six years, millions of people have tuned in to a round-the-clock livestream of moose on the move in northern Sweden.
Farmers have been setting controlled fires in the late winter and spring for generations, said Sian Jones, 64, from Crymych in Pembrokeshire.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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