spring for

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

Example Sentences

It’s setting the stage for her high school debut this spring for the Jackrabbits.

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I may even spring for one with full coverage, like my neighbor’s, so we can match as we march through the neighborhood, commando-style.

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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.

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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.

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

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