Upping the ante

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/4/2011 11:56 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>Is anyone going to up the ante?
>
>     VS-)

Auntie-upping?  Anything like cow-tipping?

Joel


>On 10/4/2011 9:56 AM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>>Just yesterday I heard, "Well, he finally man upped."
>>
>>Looking at Google books, I found the (unrelated but interesting)
>>double-inflected phrase "upping and leaving."
>>
>>--Charlie
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