pony up
verb
ponied up; ponying up; ponies up
: to pay (money) especially in settlement of an account
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Examples of pony up in a Sentence
despite having good credit, the couple still had to pony up a large down payment for the house
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Those same execs who wouldn’t pony up for his festival darling Hit Man — which opens May 24 then rolls out on Netflix two weeks later — are wooing him now with tentpole offers and blockbuster paydays.
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Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
And to add insult to injury all these companies pay executives lavish salaries while demanding struggling residents pony up.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
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Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
And to add insult to injury all these companies pay executives lavish salaries while demanding struggling residents pony up.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Pony up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pony%20up. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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