Usually means: Increase stakes or expectations significantly.
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  1. up the ante: Merriam-Webster
  2. up the ante: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. up the ante: Collins English Dictionary
  4. up the ante: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. up the ante: Wiktionary
  6. up the ante: Dictionary.com
  7. up the ante: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. up the ante: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. up the ante: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. up the ante: Medical dictionary

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Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. up the ante: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (up the ante)

verb:  (poker) To raise the stakes of a hand of poker.
verb:  (idiomatic) Of a dispute, to take an action that raises the stakes, i.e. that increases the chances of conflict.
verb:  (idiomatic) To render something more difficult.
verb:  (idiomatic) To render something more desirable.

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