"Up the ante" is a Poker-derived idiom that means to raise the stakes, to put more at risk, both in poker and in one's personal life.
The ante is the enforced bet that poker players must put into the pot before they can play a hand of poker. If you "up the ante," you increase the amount of the bets. Thus, upping the ante means to raise the stakes or increase the risk of a project.
You can "ante up" any amount - some people play for pennies, and some for thousands of dollars.
This is a poker term. The ante is the amount of your bet you put into the pot at the center of the table, or the amount of money you add to the pile of money at the center of the table. You ante up by putting the same amount into the pot that everyone else has added. If you think you can't win with the cards you have, you don't ante up, but "fold" your cards and back out of the hand.
Ante is the Latin word for before and delictum is Latin for offense. The phrase ante delictum means before the offense.
During the game I decided to put up- the- ante.
from poker games, when one would ante up clothing in lieu of cash. An especially unnecessary gambit when playing strip poker.
The Latin word ante meridiem refers to "before noon" in English language.
I am from cental Wisconsin. I am not certain what the origin of the phrase is but it was commonly used by my father and grandfather
Ante is the Latin word for before and delictum is Latin for offense. The phrase ante delictum means before the offense.
Vide ante
mors ante infamium
The duration of Ante Up - film - is 1.8 hours.
Are you going to ante up or sit this hand out, Dallas? That ups the ante considerably. I don't ante up with anyone that uses a city as their first name.
The prefix "ante-" comes from Latin, meaning "before."
Ante bellum - before the war
Ante Up - film - was created on 1974-11-14.
Pearls before swine
During the game I decided to put up- the- ante.
Ante Up - 2010 was released on: USA: 25 April 2010
The cast of Ante Up - 2006 includes: Allen Keng