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1. To pay the necessary fee to enter into some competitive activity, especially a card game (usually poker). A less common variant of "ante up." I like to play poker with my buddies, but I don't like having to ante in each time when I know I'm going to lose. Everyone ante in so we can start playing already!
2. To pay the money one owes for something. I can't believe we have to ante in $250 for this trip. The company said it was no longer willing to ante in such a large sum for returns that were ultimately not guaranteed.
See also: ante
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- ante
- take the Michael (out of someone or something)
- take the mike (out of someone or something)
- leave good (enough) alone
- clown about
- clowning
- bust out of this popsicle stand
- not anything to write home about
- not something to write home about
- not worth writing home about