[sing.]
IDIOMS
raise / up the ante to increase the level of sth, especially demands or sums of money:
His ex-wife has upped the ante in her alimony suit against him.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for ante is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is ante a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ante is tagged as noun.
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