pick up the tab

pick up the tab  {v. phr.}
To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing.
"I am always the one who picks up the tab," Charlie complained bitterly. "Others get away with being freeloaders."
Compare: FOOT THE BILL.
Categories: foot verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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