- put something on the slate
- British
to buy something from a shop, café etc and pay for it later
English dictionary. 2014.
put something on the slate
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put something on the slate — british phrase to buy something from a shop, café etc and pay for it later Thesaurus: to shop, or to go shoppingsynonym general words for the activity of buying and sellinghyponym Main entry: slate … Useful english dictionary
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