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ANTE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cancel or discharge a debt

Example:

pay up, please!

Synonyms:

ante up; pay; pay up

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "ante up" is one way to...):

pay (discharge or settle)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ante up"):

liquidate; pay off (eliminate by paying off (debts))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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