Out and Shell out

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Out verb - To become known.

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Shell out and out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shell out" instead a verb "Out".

Shell out verb - To hand over or use up in payment.

Usage example: we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets

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Out and shell out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Out" instead a verb "Shell out".

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