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shell out

The English word “shell out” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.
  2. To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.

noun

  1. A game played on a billiard table, a variation of pool.
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