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- See also ante-
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- An ante is something you agree to risk before you know what will happen.
- The dealer asked the gamblers, "What's the ante."
- I seemed to have upped the ante on wiktionary when said I knew how to write IPA symbols.
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- To pay the ante in poker.
- To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
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- (in poker) ante up