raise the stakes

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raise the stakes

to increase in importance or danger Employees who lost all their pensions have raised the stakes for the company by going to court and filing a lawsuit.

Related vocabulary: up the ante

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We can't bet, for we've nothing to raise the stakes with A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context More results

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