foot the bill

== English == === Verb === foot the bill (third-person singular simple present foots the bill, present participle footing the bill, simple past and past participle footed the bill) (idiomatic) To pay for something. ==== References ==== “foot the bill”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “foot the bill” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “foot the bill”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “foot the bill”, in Collins English Dictionary.