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]
raise the ante
| Idioms: raise the ante |
Learn More
 | raise (Idiom) |
| ante up (Idiom) |
| Sister Brother/Hey Cuz (1990 Album by Afghan Whigs) |
 | Why are there ants? Read answer... |
| What are ants? Read answer... |
| How do you raise ants? Read answer... |
Help us answer these
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
Related answers
- How do you raise ants?
- What is ant?
- A what of ants?
- What do ants do?
- What is anting?
- What are ants for?
- How do you be a ant?
- What is a ant?
ADVERTISEMENT
Answer these
- Raised by ants for its honey-dew?
- Who are ant?
- About a ant's?
- What do are in ants?
- What can ants do?
- Why does ant?
- The ant was?
Mentioned in
- raise (Idiom)
- ante up (Idiom)
- Sister Brother/Hey Cuz (1990 Album by Afghan Whigs)
- House Rockin' & Hip Shakin', Vol. 4: Bayou Blues Harp (1998 Album by Various Artists)
- Posture of Reality (2003 Album by Wu Man)
- La Société des Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux (2001 Album by La Société des Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux)
- The Snake Decides (1988 Album by Evan Parker)
- L' Archiviste B... (2001 Album by Quadra)
- Runaway (2008 Album by George Colligan)
- Letter to Laredo (1995 Album by Joe Ely)
- Product Development
- science and technology in war
- Drug Emporium, Inc.
- Tradition, Port St. Lucie, Florida
