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Ante off, ante up. World English Historical Dictionary

Ante off, ante up. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Bibliographic Record Thornton’s An American Glossary. 1912, rev. 2022. Ante off, ante up To exchange, to pay up.

1 1857.  I did hear that you anted off a thousand shares … in trade for Texas lands.—Knick. Mag., xlix. 43 (Jan.).

2 1861.  I have had to ante up at the rate of $200.—N.Y. Tribune, Aug. 10 (Bartlett).

3 1888.          If you cannot be a captain   Of a famous baseball nine, You can ante up your fifty cents,   And at the players whine. N.Y. Mercury, July 21 (Farmer).    

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