"raise the stakes" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "raises the stakes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raising the stakes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raised the stakes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raised the stakes",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "raise the stakes (third-person singular simple present raises the stakes, present participle raising the stakes, simple past and past participle raised the stakes)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Poker",
          "orig": "en:Poker",
          "parents": [
            "Card games",
            "Gambling",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "With a royal flush, he decided to raise the stakes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, stakes (used literally e. g. of a hand of poker)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "poker",
          "poker"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
          "raise#English"
        ],
        [
          "stakes",
          "stakes#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poker) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, stakes (used literally e. g. of a hand of poker)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "word": "sweeten the pot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "word": "up the ante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "word": "escalate"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The bank robber decided to take a hostage in order to raise the stakes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to increase in significance or risk."
      ],
      "id": "en-raise_the_stakes-en-verb-eoFG024S",
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "significance",
          "significance"
        ],
        [
          "risk",
          "risk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to increase in significance or risk."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "raise the stakes"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English predicates",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "raises the stakes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raising the stakes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raised the stakes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raised the stakes",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Poker"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "With a royal flush, he decided to raise the stakes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, stakes (used literally e. g. of a hand of poker)"
      ],
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        [
          "poker",
          "poker"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
          "raise#English"
        ],
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          "stakes",
          "stakes#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poker) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, stakes (used literally e. g. of a hand of poker)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The bank robber decided to take a hostage in order to raise the stakes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to increase in significance or risk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "significance",
          "significance"
        ],
        [
          "risk",
          "risk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to increase in significance or risk."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "sweeten the pot"
    },
    {
      "word": "up the ante"
    },
    {
      "word": "escalate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "raise the stakes"
}