Multiple choice

Directions: Select the right meaning of the phrase given below from the given choices.

To foot the bill

  1. to stomp the bill

  2. to pay the bill

  3. to shrug the bill

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'To foot the bill' means to pay for something, especially expenses. Option B is correct. 'Foot' here relates to 'footing' (adding up/reckoning), not physical stomping (Option A) or shrugging (Option C). The idiom dates to accounting where the bottom (foot) of a page showed the total.

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