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fork off

idiom

to diverge into two or more separate paths.


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  1. 01

    Dukes

    [Cockney slang]fork, i.e. hand, now chiefly when balled into a fist

    via Duke of York

  2. 02

    fork over

    To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money.

  3. 03

    stick a fork in something

    Used to indicate that something or someone is finished, or, in a broader sense, defeated or ruined.

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