ponying up

present participle of pony up
as in paying
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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Verb
  • Duran had bigger concerns than who might be paying a local blogger.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Tariffs are also part of the reason Americans are paying more at repair shops — auto parts are primarily imported and now subject to tariffs of 25%.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Shares jumped that session as Wall Street saw that BlackRock’s pursuit of growth outside of its lower-cost stock and bond funds was paying off.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • All the hard work ended up paying off as Handy pulled off his wedding-day duties with ease.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • The president had previously been adamant about Harvard paying up, as a few other schools have done, to end federal actions against it.
    Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Still, many are not convinced that is a good reason for Medicaid to continue paying up to a five-fold premium for public ambulance service providers relative to private competitors.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Ponying up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ponying%20up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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