ante-upping

English

Noun

ante-upping (uncountable)

  1. An increase; a racheting up.
    • 2011 August 9, “Upping the Narc Ante”, in The Daily Strength‎[1], retrieved 12 November 2015:
      Does anyone else have any similar stories of narc ante-upping they can share?
    • 2014, Robert Rogers, La Jolla Shores Murders: A Bishop Bone Mystery, →ISBN:
      If the settlement payment owed me was made on time, I didn't figure to be around for the ante upping.
    • 2015 August 13, “Hear New Chvrches Jam 'Never Ending Circles' & Get Your Emoji Prayer Hands Ready”, in Billboard‎[2], retrieved 12 November 2015:
      From all we've hard so far, their forthcoming sophomore album sounds like textbook ante-upping over everything that worked well the first time around.
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