up the ante

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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: de inzet verhogen — raise the stakes
• Finnish: korottaa panoksia — raise the stakes
• French: faire monter les enchères — raise the stakes
• French: augmenter la mise — raise the stakes
• French: monter la barre — raise the stakes
• French: mettre la barre plus haut — raise the stakes
• French: surenchérir — raise the stakes
• French: corser les choses — raise the stakes
• Hungarian: emeli a tétet — raise the stakes
• Italian: alzare la posta — raise the stakes
• Polish: podnosić stawkę — raise the stakes
• Portuguese: aumentar a aposta — raise the stakes
• Portuguese: subir a aposta — raise the stakes
• Portuguese: subir a parada — raise the stakes
• Romanian: mări miza — raise the stakes
• Romanian: plusa — raise the stakes
• Russian: поднима́ть ста́вки (podnimátʹ stávki) — raise the stakes
• Russian: подня́ть ста́вки (podnjátʹ stávki) — raise the stakes
• Spanish: redoblar la apuesta — raise the stakes
• Spanish: subir la apuesta — raise the stakes
• Swedish: öka insatsen — raise the stakes
• Ukrainian: підніма́ти ста́вки (pidnimáty stávky) — raise the stakes
• Ukrainian: підня́ти ста́вки (pidnjáty stávky) — raise the stakes
• Vietnamese: gà — raise the stakes
• Vietnamese: chơi gà — raise the stakes