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- verb Alternative spelling of
ante up .
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Examples
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Now unless you are willing to ante-up $20,000 to see who is right once and for all, I have nothing left to say.
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President Obama is bound to increase - fostered in part by the wealthy who are angered that their tax havens are being exposed - and finally, they will be required to ante-up what they have never paid before - and are looking for ways to avoid what they consider to be entitlements for their status as America's elites.
Is President Obama Being Set-Up For Assassination? UPDATE 2 2009
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You'll have to ante-up $109,000 to get your foot in the door.
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You'll have to ante-up $109,000 to get your foot in the door.
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So, if there is choice, why ante-up with media deemed to be biased against your position when there are so many other journalists one can gamble on to better the odds?
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Try Bush Co for war crimes and force them to ante-up.
Think Progress » REPORT: Top U.S. Military Officer Recommends ‘We Remove All Troops From Baghdad’ 2006
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And if the federal government doesn't ante-up, the states eventually will.
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"But there's one thing, Bud, th 'guy who gets actin' Mr. Freshy with Hermy is sure goin 'to ante-up in kingdom come, if th' Kid's around."
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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PokerStars SCOOP Event 13 - H (no-limit hold'em ante-up)
Poker News 2010
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PokerStars SCOOP Event 13 - L (no-limit hold'em ante-up)
Poker News 2010
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