ante : Idioms & Phrases

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ante meridiem

  • adjective satellite before noon
    a.m..
  • adverb before noon
    A.M..
    • let's meet at 11 A.M.
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ante up

  • verb cancel or discharge a debt
    pay; pay up.
    • pay up, please!
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ante-

An"te-
Definitions
  1. A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. , Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. in that of opposite, or in the place of.
Webster 1913

penny ante

  • noun a business deal on a trivial scale
  • noun poker played for small stakes
    penny ante.
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penny ante poker

  • noun poker played for small stakes
    penny ante.
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