spring for

1. Pay another's expenses, treat, as in I'll spring for the dinner this time. [Slang; c. 1900]

Example Sentences

The plan was simple: Pop up for roughly a year, then spring for a food truck and slowly grow the operation into a bricks-and-mortar.

From Los Angeles Times

The first hosepipe ban of the year was imposed in Yorkshire last week following England's warmest June on record, which came after the country's driest and sunniest spring for 132 years.

From BBC

Property owners had waited weeks in the spring, for instance, for guidelines on accessory dwelling unit construction.

From Los Angeles Times

Nationally, England recorded its warmest June on record after the driest spring for 132 years.

From BBC

There have been thousands of student visa cancellations over the spring for violations as minor as speeding tickets and attempted deportations of pro-Palestinian college activists who are international students.

From Los Angeles Times

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