spring for
phrasal verb
sprang for or sprung for; sprung for; springing for; springs for
US, informal
: to pay for (something) : to spend money on (something)
She refuses to spring for a new coat.
I'll spring for dinner.
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Much of that work traveled to Japan this spring for af Klint’s first major show in Asia, on view at Tokyo’s National Museum of Modern Art through mid-June.
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Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Those looking for a more luxurious stay will want to spring for Elkhorn Resort and its world-class Nordic spa, just outside the park’s townsite, Wasagaming.
—Steve Lyons, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
If 100,000 would-be immigrants were willing to spring for it in the next year, that could come to $500 billion, or one-quarter of the budget deficit that the Trump administration is trying to eliminate.
—Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
The intrigue: The fall actually outranks spring for the fastest-warming season in much of the Southwest and West, and San Diego has seen more drastic temperature spikes from September to November.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
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Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Those looking for a more luxurious stay will want to spring for Elkhorn Resort and its world-class Nordic spa, just outside the park’s townsite, Wasagaming.
—Steve Lyons, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
If 100,000 would-be immigrants were willing to spring for it in the next year, that could come to $500 billion, or one-quarter of the budget deficit that the Trump administration is trying to eliminate.
—Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
The intrigue: The fall actually outranks spring for the fastest-warming season in much of the Southwest and West, and San Diego has seen more drastic temperature spikes from September to November.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Spring for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20for. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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