"play the ponies" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-play the ponies.ogg Forms: plays the ponies [present, singular, third-person], playing the ponies [participle, present], played the ponies [participle, past], played the ponies [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. (intransitive, idiomatic) to bet on horse racing. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-play_the_ponies-en-verb-o2unh2DO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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