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up the ante. verb phrase. To raise the price, offer, sum in question, etc; increase; make a higher demand: I think I may up the ante to a cool fifty/ The trader decides to up the ante. [1970s+; fr the ante in poker, which gives one the right to take part]
Latin: animal - a living organism; animate - to make alive; equanimity - of balanced spirit: ann/enn: year: Latin: anniversary - a date observed once a year; annual - happening once a year; millennium - 1,000 years: ante: before, in front: Latin: antecede - to come before something in time; antemeridian - before noon; anteroom- a small room before the main room