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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]
Definition of antecedent. 1  1 grammar : a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun (such as John in âMary saw John and called to himâ); broadly : a word or phrase replaced by a substitute.