put a fork in it

It means you’re done. Just give up. It’s over. No going back.

“Put a fork in it, you’re done.” David Spade, SNL Weekend Update; in reference to actor Erik Estrada’s career.

by Jardinero001 March 25, 2022

stick a fork in it

To be done, done with it.

stick a fork in it it's done

by DizzyLizzy February 16, 2007

stick a fork in it

Meaning that something is definitively finished such that whatever it is doing (or being done to it) should or can be stopped, or considered to be done.

From grilling -- not to test whether something is done, b/c that wouldn't make any sense, given what the phrase means. Instead, to stick a fork in the piece of sufficiently-grilled-meat so as to take it off the grill. Connotations of definitive doneness enhanced by sub-conscious notion that the piece of meat is not only completely cooked, it is no longer reasonably conceived of as part of a living animal, and thus can be stabbed with impunity.

Now that Iraq has descended into chaos, you can stick a fork into Bush's re-election chances.

by romberjo July 31, 2004

stick a fork in it

Exhausted, used up, finished. From meat that is fully cooked and ready to be handled with a fork.

That board is toast-stick a fork in it

by numerator May 2, 2005

stick a fork in it

To stick a fork in something means to cease whatever is happening or being said.

Just stick a fork in it, Mike. Or, stick a fork in him, he's done for tonight.

by § July 19, 2004

hit it with the fork

To cook crack.

I was low on dough so I had to hit it with the fork.

by gotmilf14 December 23, 2013

hit it with the fork

To cook crack.

I was low on dough so I had to hit it with the fork.

by gotmilf14 December 23, 2013