PONY UP Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

pony up

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

repudiate

Examples of pony up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Despite some pleas from Trump apologists who still pony up cash to the organizations operating under the Koch umbrella, the leadership remains unbending in their decision to stay out of the presidential race altogether. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024 Parretti and Fiorini then proceeded to pony up $1.3 billion to buy MGM from U.S. financier Kirk Kerkorian, with backing from French bank Credit Lyonnais. —

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024 Both leagues are telling their viewers to pony up more money or miss out. —

Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024 Even so, by 2020, the Buffets had canceled plans to fund a women’s building in Manhattan and halted funding for critical programs focused on women and girls, saying that more donors needed to pony up for the work. —

Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pony up

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