Up-the-ante Definition

verb

(poker) To raise the stakes of a hand of poker.

With three aces and two jacks, he thought it was safe to up the ante.
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(idiomatic) To make something more desirable.
The school system cannot raise teachers' salaries, so they are providing better benefits as an effort to up the ante.
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Up-the-ante Sentence Examples

  • What better way to kick up the ante for the land from the brother.

  • This 2003 Shiraz represents a good value and a delicious one to up the ante.

  • You can also organize mini competitions between the boys to up the ante on their enthusiasm.

  • Where others have failed to up the ante on the original Tetris, Ubisoft and QEntertainment have just shoved all of their chips onto the table.

  • Additionally, you can up the ante by purchasing an unlined suit in one of these shades, and because these suits are unlined, once wet, they will quickly yield what's hidden beneath.

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