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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 reluctantlyplay

  Familiarity information: PONY UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PONY UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Give reluctantly

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cough up; pony up; spit up

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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