pick up the tab

pick up the tab
pick up the tab & pick up the check
to pay the bill. •

Whenever we go out, my father picks up the tab.

Order whatever you want. The company is picking up the check.

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{v. phr.} To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing. * /"I am always the one who picks up the tab," Charlie complained bitterly. "Others get away with being freeloaders."/ Compare: FOOT THE BILL.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • pick up the tab — (for (something)) to pay money for something. We shouldn t have to pick up the tab for the new road if only one family will be using it. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form pick up the bill (for something): Taxpayers will have to pick up the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • pick up the tab — {v. phr.} To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing. * / I am always the one who picks up the tab, Charlie complained bitterly. Others get away with being freeloaders. / Compare: FOOT THE BILL …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pick up the tab — (chiefly N Am inf) To pay the bill • • • Main Entry: ↑tab * * * informal pay for something my company will pick up the tab for all moving expenses …   Useful english dictionary

  • pick up the tab — A person who pays for everyone picks up the tab …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • pick up the tab — ► pick up the tab informal pay for something. Main Entry: ↑tab …   English terms dictionary

  • pick up the tab —    A person who pays for everyone picks up the tab.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you pick up the tab, you pay the bill or pay the cost of something.     There was a celebration lunch for the team and Bill picked up the tab …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • pick up the tab for something — pick up the tab (for (something)) to pay money for something. We shouldn t have to pick up the tab for the new road if only one family will be using it. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form pick up the bill (for something): Taxpayers will have …   New idioms dictionary

  • pick up the tab for — pick up the tab (for (something)) to pay money for something. We shouldn t have to pick up the tab for the new road if only one family will be using it. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form pick up the bill (for something): Taxpayers will have …   New idioms dictionary

  • pick up the tab — pick up the bill/tab (US pick up the check) ► INFORMAL to pay for what has been bought, especially a meal in a restaurant: »The airline picked up the bill for the night spent at the hotel. Main Entry: ↑pick sth up …   Financial and business terms

  • pick\ up\ the\ tab — v. phr. To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing. I am always the one who picks up the tab, Charlie complained bitterly. Others get away with being freeloaders. Compare: foot the bill …   Словарь американских идиом

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