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shed out

C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words

To pay money for something, often when you don't really want to.

Literal meaning: To shed (drop or release) something out — as if money is falling out of a container.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic informal

(Rare/non-standard) To pay a sum of money, often unwillingly.

"We had to shed out nearly five hundred pounds for the car repairs."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Not widely recognized as a standard phrasal verb. It appears to be a regional or informal variant of 'shell out'. Learners should use 'shell out' or 'fork out' instead.

Commonly used with

money cash funds

Forms

Base
shed out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
sheds out
he/she/it
Past simple
sheded out
yesterday
Past participle
sheded out
have + pp
-ing form
sheding out
continuous

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