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pony up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb pony up has 1 sense
- pony up(v = verb.possession) cough up, spit up - give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition" is one way to give
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
ROGET THESAURUS
pony up
Expenditure
VB expend, spend, run through, get through, pay, disburse, ante, ante up, pony up, open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings, lay out, shell out, fork out, fork over, bleed, make up a sum, invest, sink money, run up debts, run up bills (debt), fee, pay one's way, subscribe, subsidize.
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