pony up

pony up
verb
give reluctantly
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He coughed up some money for his children's tuition

Syn: ↑cough up, ↑spit up
Hypernyms: ↑give
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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ˈpony up [intransitive/transitive] [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 phrasal verb
to pay for something

They ponied up $4.1 million for the Bush campaign.

Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym
Main entry: pony

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pony up [phrasal verb]
US informal
1 : to pay money for something

When the bill came, we all had to pony up. [=pay up] = We all had to pony up for the bill.

2 pony up (something) : to pay (money) for something

We ponied up $160 for the concert tickets.

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Main Entry:pony

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