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raise the ante
Idioms and Phrases
Increase the price or cost of something, as in We'd hoped to invest in some land, but they've raised the ante and now we can't afford it . This term alludes to the ante or stakes of gambling. [ Slang ; late 1800s]Example Sentences
The obvious next step is to invite other justices to testify, as well as Harlan Crow and Brian Duffy, and to raise the ante if they decline.
His recent actions all raise the ante.
Still, Swift鈥檚 new verses raise the ante, as well as the tension: 鈥淚鈥檝e been played before if you hadn鈥檛 guessed.鈥
Some experts say that the North could dramatically raise the ante in weapons demonstrations after the end of February鈥檚 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
But it could dramatically raise the ante once the Beijing Games end.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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