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pad the bill

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[pad the bill] {v. phr.}

To add false expenses to a bill; make a bill larger than it really was.

* /The salesman padded the bill for his traveling expenses by exaggerating his food expenses./

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	{v. phr.} ²¹⁸²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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