Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upping the ante

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
up-ping the ante
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of up the ante

Questions

What does upping the ante mean?
present participle and gerund of up the ante

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