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Complete Definition of "shell out"

English
Verb
shell out
#idiom To pay money; especially, to pay a great deal of money.
#:Do you think we should shell out for the extra options package?

  1. (computing, especially Unix) To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.

Synonyms
(to pay) cough up

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