"Ante up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ——: It has occurred to me that maybe the sisters of our congregation will want to make our dear pastor a handsome present this Christmas; so I inclose a lovely pattern for slippers, and I shall be glad to ante up my share of the expense, if the sisters decide to give our dear pastor this beautiful gift. I should like the pattern better if it had more red in it, but it will do very nicely. As I intend to go to California very soon, you'll have to ...
— Songs and Other Verse • Eugene Field
... either. Hackett Wells seems satisfied with most any arrangement we want to make. He's a meek, broken old sport, grateful for anything that comes his way. That's what led me to insist on boostin' the ante up to twenty-five hundred, I guess; for it didn't look like he could go on pullin' that down for many years more. And of course J. Bayard is tickled to get ...
— Shorty McCabe on the Job • Sewell Ford
... well to let the place alone," offered Goliday after a pause. "I'll give five thousand cash for the ranch, and if the deal goes through, why I'm willin' to ante up another thousand to ...
— Kid Wolf of Texas - A Western Story • Ward M. Stevens
... ante up," he said, "an' if Phil doesn't raise us out with a big hand—why, he'll get called, an' your pard can set ...
— The Lone Star Ranger • Zane Grey
... subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation &c 784. pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment. investment; purchase &c 795. V. expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up [U.S.]; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out [Slang], fork out [Slang], fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money. run up debts, run up bills (debt) ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget |
