Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raising the stakes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
rais-ing the s-takes
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of raise the stakes

Questions

What does raising the stakes mean?
present participle and gerund of raise the stakes

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