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raised the stakes

raised the stakes is the simple past and past participle of raise the stakes.

Meaning of raise the stakes

Verb

raise the stakes (third-person singular simple present raises the stakes, present participle raising the stakes, simple past and past participle raised the stakes)

  1. (idiomatic) To increase in significance or risk.
    • The bank robber decided to take a hostage in order to raise the stakes.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, stakes (used literally e. g. of a hand of poker)
    • With a royal flush, he decided to raise the stakes.

Questions about raised the stakes

What is raised the stakes the simple past and past participle of?
Raised the stakes is the simple past and past participle of raise the stakes.

Words near raised the stakes in the dictionary

  1. raised the flag and saw who saluted
  2. raised the flag and seen who saluted
  3. raised the roof
  4. raised the specter
  5. raised the spectre
  6. raised the stakes
  7. raised to the ermine
  8. raised to the purple
  9. raised unshirted hell
  10. raised up
  11. raisedness

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