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played the ponies

played the ponies is the simple past and past participle of play the ponies.

Meaning of play the ponies

Verb

play the ponies (third-person singular simple present plays the ponies, present participle playing the ponies, simple past and past participle played the ponies)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to bet on horse racing.

Questions about played the ponies

What is played the ponies the simple past and past participle of?
Played the ponies is the simple past and past participle of play the ponies.

Words near played the ponies in the dictionary

  1. played the man not the ball
  2. played the man, not the ball
  3. played the mischief with
  4. played the Nazi card
  5. played the odds
  6. played the ponies
  7. played the race card
  8. played the same tape
  9. played the skin flute
  10. played the something card
  11. played the system

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