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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Sternberg needs to pony up the billions needed for a new stadium or sell the team ASAP.
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Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The isometric action-RPG (role-playing game) dropped Dec. 6 for consoles and PC for those who wanted to pony up $30 for early access to the game, which will be released in its entirety sometime in 2025.
—Jason Bennett, arkansasonline.com, 12 Jan. 2025
With the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets also in pursuit, the Phillies will need to be ready to pony up some serious cash for the southpaw.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Reinsdorf flirted with selling the team to a Nashville group, started a new Chicago Sports Network that millions of cable watchers can't see, and wants the state to pony up funding for a new South Loop stadium with questionable parking.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The isometric action-RPG (role-playing game) dropped Dec. 6 for consoles and PC for those who wanted to pony up $30 for early access to the game, which will be released in its entirety sometime in 2025.
—Jason Bennett, arkansasonline.com, 12 Jan. 2025
With the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets also in pursuit, the Phillies will need to be ready to pony up some serious cash for the southpaw.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Reinsdorf flirted with selling the team to a Nashville group, started a new Chicago Sports Network that millions of cable watchers can't see, and wants the state to pony up funding for a new South Loop stadium with questionable parking.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Pony up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pony%20up. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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