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I'll see you and raise you

I'll see you and raise you phrase: used to accept (or call) a bet, and at the same time raise the stakes.

Phrase

I'll see you and raise you

  1. Used to accept (or call) a bet, and at the same time raise the stakes.
    • I'll see your five and raise you ten.
    • I'll see your bet and raise you one thousand.
  2. More generally, used when someone produces or reveals something. One says this to announce they will answer by producing or revealing something of their own, usually greater in significance.
    • I'll see your defective gallbladder and raise you one heart murmur and a kidney stone.
    • Well, sir, I'll see your four months in Vietnam and raise you the twenty years I spent serving as an Air Force pilot flying in conflicts as far-ranging as Grenada, Somalia, Bosnia, and Haiti.

Origin of I'll see you and raise you

From gambling.

Questions about I'll see you and raise you

What does I'll see you and raise you mean?
I'll see you and raise you means used to accept (or call) a bet, and at the same time raise the stakes.
What part of speech is I'll see you and raise you?
I'll see you and raise you is a phrase.

Words near I'll see you and raise you in the dictionary

  1. I'll have you know
  2. I'll leave it up to you
  3. I'll pass
  4. I'll say
  5. I'll see myself out
  6. I'll see you and raise you
  7. I'll show you
  8. I'll tell you
  9. I'll tell you what
  10. I'll've
  11. I'm

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