pony up

Definition of pony upnext
as in to pay
to give what is owed for despite having good credit, the couple still had to pony up a large down payment for the house

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Recent Examples of pony up Mexico long lacked the funds, or interest, to pony up the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to purchase the Gelman cache, a former chief of the country’s fine-arts agency told the Milenio news outlet this year. Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Those who can pony up the money to play for championships will survive and the rest will be left to figure it out for themselves. Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 1 July 2026 The bill represents one of the first attempts by Congress to force tech companies to pony up for data centers’ massive electricity demand. Garrett Downs, CNBC, 24 June 2026 The town of Foxborough rightly stood up to FIFA and Kraft and forced them to pony up extra money to pay for the massive security that the soccer matches will need. Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pony up
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  • Singapore pays its political leaders high salaries to attract talent and deter graft, but the issue is thorny in the city-state, where the median wage worker made S$5,775 ($736) a month in 2025.
    Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • On the field, the Mets are obviously not paying this much attention.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • The global industry will be watching closely to see if the festival’s gamble on a content market will pay off, especially with AFM right around the corner in early November.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Looks like the method acting (stopping his heart medication in order to play a dying man) paid off.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
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  • In order to meet 2026’s nostalgia quota, here’s a 28-years-later followup to the cult flop about margarita-loving sister witches starring Bullock and Nicole Kidman.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The league’s involvement with Highmark or any club is ensuring that all fields meet compliance before NFL use, right?
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Pony up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pony%20up. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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