单词	up the ante
释义	English American up the ante If you up the ante, you increase your demands or the risks in a situation in order to achieve a better result: The government has upped the ante by refusing to negotiate until a ceasefire has been agreed . Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Taking risks a drowning man will clutch at a straw idiom a leap in the dark idiom adventurer ante be skating on thin ice idiom dare expose go for broke idiom *have/put your* head on the block idiom hazard imperil jeopardize lay neck risk** run the risk of doing sth idiom sail close to the wind idiom skate *stick (sth)* out stick your neck out idiom See more results » up the ante also raise the ante to increase your risks or demands in order to get a greater advantage:** The governor upped the ante in her war of words with the mayor, by calling him "dangerous" for the city.
随便看	the heavens open the heebie jeebies the heebie-jeebies the height of the height of sth the hell out of the hell sb is/does the hell sb is/does, etc. the hell with sb/sth the hell with someone/something the help the here and now the hereafter the hiccups the HICP the high jump the high life the high seas the high street the highest bidder the Highway Code the highways and byways the Hill the Hippocratic oath the hoi polloi