PONY UP Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

pony up

verb

Definition of pony up

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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repudiate

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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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Swift also paid tribute to Parton’s prolific and breathtaking body of work and her philanthropic efforts across the globe.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Connie Britton paid tribute to Dolly Parton, less than two weeks after the loss of her Nashville costar Hayden Panettiere.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026

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Lake Zurich and Antioch met twice last season, including in a second-round playoff game.

— Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
Big picture The league and the union are meeting regularly on various topics, but their disagreement on core economics — whether to move to a cap system — leaves little room for progress on the major issues.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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