raise the stakes (English, verb)
expansion: raise the stakes (third-person singular simple present raises the stakes, present participle raising the stakes, simple past and past participle raised the stakes)
Senses:
glosses: To increase in significance or risk.
tags: idiomatic
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, stakes (used literally e. g. of a hand of poker)
Forms:
form: raises the stakes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: raising the stakes
tags: participle
present
form: raised the stakes
tags: participle
past
form: raised the stakes
tags: past