To ante up means to add money to the pot in poker, or to put money into the center of the table. If you ante up one dollar, you add one dollar to the table pot.
"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...
One up, one down - or two up, two down and so forth - refers to matters that are briskly dealt with as they appear, like a succession of easy targets in a shooting gallery.
This means that he/she is unloyal and acts different from everyone else at parties, and get togethers. This means they are usually secluded and is non-social, and they do not talk to anyone, and is...
If something is right up your alley it is something you enjoy, something your familiar with or something you're good at. For example, if a kid is athletic and enjoys sports, then a field day is right...
This is a phrase that comes from the old wild west. back in the wild west Poker was a game played very regularly by cowboys.`and to 'have a ace up your sleeve' means your that you somehow won the...