UPTHEANTE

up the ante

Verb

  1. To raise the stakes of a hand of poker
    With three aces and two jacks, he thought it was safe to up the ante.
  2. To make something more desirable.
    ''The school system cannot raise teachers' salaries, so they are providing better benefits as an effort to up the ante.


The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: up the ante
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Need help with a clue?
Try your search in the crossword dictionary!