To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money.
Dukes
[Cockney slang]fork, i.e. hand, now chiefly when balled into a fist
via Duke of York
fork off
to diverge into two or more separate paths.
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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