Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raising the ante

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
rais-ing the ante
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of raise the ante

Questions

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

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