sting somebody for something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsting somebody for something phrasal verb British English informal1 TRICK/DECEIVEto charge someone too much for something The garage stung him for £300.2 BORROWto borrow money from someone Can I sting you for a fiver? → sting→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussting for • He dispatched Mercury to Carthage with a stinging message for Aeneas.From Longman Business Dictionarysting somebody for something phrasal verb [transitive] British English informal to charge someone too much for somethingThe garage stung him for £300. → sting→ See Verb table

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Verb table

sting

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	sting
he, she, it	stings
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	stung
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have stung
he, she, it	has stung
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had stung
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sting
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have stung
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am stinging
he, she, it	is stinging
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you, we, they	are stinging
Past
I, he, she, it	was stinging
you, we, they	were stinging
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been stinging
he, she, it	has been stinging
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been stinging
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be stinging
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been stinging
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