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PONY UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pony up mean?
• PONY UP (verb)
The verb PONY UP has 1 sense:
1. give reluctantly
Familiarity information: PONY UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give reluctantly
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
Context example:
He coughed up some money for his children's tuition
Hypernyms (to "pony up" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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"The path is made by walking." (African proverb)
"Using a cannon to shoot a mosquito." (Dutch proverb)