This wiki has been automatically Ante-up: To give up or hand over anything. A term from the game of poker, originally from the USA.[1]
References / notes
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.7.
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