English Dictionary

pick up the tab

動詞

アメリカ英語 慣用表現 自動詞

(intransitive, idiomatic, chiefly US) To accept a bill and pay it, especially at a bar or restaurant.

日本語の意味

飲食店などで、勘定（請求書）を引き受けて支払うこと / （特にバーやレストランで）自分が頼んだ分を支払うこと

After dinner, Sarah insisted she would pick up the tab so everyone could relax.

夕食後、サラは皆がくつろげるように自分が勘定を払うと申し出た。

意味（1）

(intransitive, idiomatic, chiefly US) To accept a bill and pay it, especially at a bar or restaurant.

When the bill came to just 33,000 forints, I did something very out of character: I picked up the tab. It blew the budget for the day, but felt great.

picks up the tab （ present singular third-person ）

picking up the tab （ participle present ）

picked up the tab （ participle past ）

picked up the tab （ past ）