Idiom of the Day
pick up the tab | pick up the bill
INFORMALToday: Fri, 14 Aug 2020
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Meaning:
If you pick up the tab, or pick up the bill, you pay for yourself and your friends in a restaurant or a bar.
For example:
- When people go out to celebrate a birthday in Thailand, whoever's having the birthday picks up the tab.
- In general in Asia, the person with the highest status picks up the bill in a restaurant.
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