"raise the stakes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-raise the stakes.ogg Forms: raises the stakes [present, singular, third-person], raising the stakes [participle, present], raised the stakes [participle, past], raised the stakes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} raise the stakes (third-person singular simple present raises the stakes, present participle raising the stakes, simple past and past participle raised the stakes)
  1. (idiomatic) To increase in significance or risk. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-raise_the_stakes-en-verb-oT2vxcsi Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54
  2. (poker) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, stakes (used literally e. g. of a hand of poker) Categories (topical): Poker Synonyms: sweeten the pot, up the ante, escalate
    Sense id: en-raise_the_stakes-en-verb-AJxuG1g8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Topics: card-games, poker

Inflected forms

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