pony up something

pony up something
pony up (something) to pay money.

The price of gas increased and homeowners had to pony up more than anyone expected this winter.

Related vocabulary: come up with something

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • pony up something — ˌpony ˈup sth derived (NAmE, informal) to pay money for sth • Each guest had to pony up $40 for the meal. Main entry: ↑ponyderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • pony up — (something) to pay money. The price of gas increased and homeowners had to pony up more than anyone expected this winter. Related vocabulary: come up with something …   New idioms dictionary

  • pony up — verb give reluctantly He coughed up some money for his children s tuition • Syn: ↑cough up, ↑spit up • Hypernyms: ↑give • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pony — po|ny1 [ pouni ] noun count a small horse pony po|ny 2 [ pouni ] verb pony up phrasal verb intransitive or transitive AMERICAN INFORMAL pony up something to pay for something: These five energy operators ponied up $4.1 million for the Bush… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pony up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms pony up : present tense I/you/we/they pony up he/she/it ponies up present participle ponying up past tense ponied up past participle ponied up American informal pony up something to pay for… …   English dictionary

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  • pony — po‧ny [ˈpəʊni ǁ ˈpoʊ ] verb ponied PTandPP pony something up phrasal verb [intransitive, transitive] informal to pay a sum of money: • Voters were in no mood to pony more taxes up …   Financial and business terms

  • pony — [pō′nē] n. pl. ponies [Scot powny, prob. < OFr poulenet, dim. of poulain, a colt, foal < VL pullamen, young animals < L pullus, young animal, FOAL] 1. a small horse of any of a number of breeds, usually not over 58 inches high at the… …   English World dictionary

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