foot the bill

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foot the bill

verb foots the bill · footing the bill · footed the bill

  1. idiomatic To pay for something. The cop tried the door. “It's locked, hey,” he said. “Bust it down,” roared Oedipa, “and Hitler Hilarius here will foot the bill.”

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@misc{foot_the_bill_2026,
  title = {foot the bill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foot%20the%20bill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}