"up the ante"

• being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

  "the anchor is up"; " the sun is up"; " he lay face up"; " he is up by a pawn"; " the market is up"; " the corn is up"

• getting higher or more vigorous

  "its an up market"

  同义词： improving

• extending or moving toward a higher place

  "the up staircase"; " a general upward movement of fish"

  同义词： upward(a)

• (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness

  "he was up on his homework"; " had to be up for the game"

• open

  "the windows are up"

• (used of computers) operating properly

  "how soon will the computers be up?"

• used up

  "time is up"

• out of bed

  "up by seven each morning"

  同义词： astir(p)

• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

  "look up!"; " the music surged up"; " the fragments flew upwards"; " prices soared upwards"; " upwardly mobile"

  同义词： upwards upward upwardly

• to a higher intensity

  "he turned up the volume"

• nearer to the speaker

  "he walked up and grabbed my lapels"

• to a more central or a more northerly place

  "was transferred up to headquarters"; " up to Canada for a vacation"

• to a later time

  "they moved the meeting date up"; " from childhood upward"

  同义词： upwards upward