Be responsible for payment
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- Usually used with an implication that the payer is squaring a debt incurred by more parties than just themselves, this phrase utilizes the figurative meaning of ‘foot up’ or, to tally the total and put it at the end, or bottom of an account and it dates to the mid-19th century.
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You better believe Uncle Sam won’t entirely foot the bill for the next military confrontation.
Submitted by JokerGem on February 26, 2024
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