"ante up" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈæntiː ʌp/ Forms: antes up [present, singular, third-person], anteing up [participle, present], anted up [participle, past], anted up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ante<,anteing> up}} ante up (third-person singular simple present antes up, present participle anteing up, simple past and past participle anted up)
  1. To contribute one's share of a payment; to provide funds; to pay what is due.
    Sense id: en-ante_up-en-verb-fGDB7sMg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
  2. To pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card game.
    Sense id: en-ante_up-en-verb-9U1EdaLu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ante-upping Related terms: up the ante

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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