ante
noun
a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
anted
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past participleof ante.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ante.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
antenouna fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
Example Sentences
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When Strug badly injured her ankle on a failed vault, and then anted up for another go, viewers cheered.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2021
Outlook: The Raptors did not do much in terms of adding talent from outside the organization this off-season, but they anted up a combined $165 million to retain Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
To spice things up, each anted up $100 to go to whoever could skip the ball across the water - like a flat stone - and onto the putting surface.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2016
And soon enough, Farris and Dan Wilks, brothers whose fracking services business had transformed them into billionaires, and their wives anted up $15 million.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2016
“I w anted to ask you about what happened,” I say.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
