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Jaleh Posted 10 years ago
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up to the ante

That didn’t seem too exciting, so let me up the ante and see if this next step does more for you.
what does this sentence mean? it's a text on mathematics.
  

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raise the stakes increase the importance of what is being done or discussed 'raise the ante' is an idiom derived from the game of Poker. The form 'up the ante' is also used. org/dictionary/english/up-the-ante

  • raise the stakes increase the importance of what is being done or discussed 'raise the ante' is an idiom derived from the game of Poker.
  • The form 'up the ante' is also used.
  • org/dictionary/english/up-the-ante
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raise the stakes
increase the importance of what is being done or discussed

'raise the ante' is an idiom derived from the game of Poker.

The form 'up the ante' is also used.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/up-the-ante
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