[pick up the tab] {v. phr.} To pay the bill in a restaurant; be theone who underwrites financially what others are doing.
«I am alwaysthe one who picks up the tab,» Charlie complained bitterly. «Othersget away with being freeloaders.»
Compare: FOOT THE BILL.
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Тема туризм английский.
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Значение идиомы pick up the tab