shell out

verb

shelled out; shelling out; shells out

: pay

Examples of shell out in a Sentence

we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets

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Case in point: Some fans paid around $500 for seats in section 127 at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, while others shelled out over $1,700 for the same section. —

Paige Hopkins, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025 Roma was a ruminative black-and-white film with few fireworks, yet the company shelled out $20 million for world rights after seeing 12 minutes of footage. —

Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025 The seller, whose identity is shielded behind an LLC, shelled out $12.75 million for the deluxe spread in 2021, and now, the spacious downtown abode has popped back up for sale asking $14.5 million. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 Thousands of fans shell out an excessive amount of money to travel and attend Super Bowl games, which are sold out each year. —

Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for shell out