raise the stakes

But it raised the stakes for the administration in the process.

To be sure, parents have had a role in raising the stakes.

It has announced a plan to raise its stake to 7%.

The further support raises the government's stake from 35% to 56%.

The 29.1 million shares would raise his stake to 92.4 percent.

Dow plans to raise its stake to 67 percent by 1991 or 1992.

"It raises the stakes on everything he does in the future."

The woman had raised the stakes of the game extraordinarily high.

"Why don't we raise the stakes and make this interesting?"

Marion plans to raise its stake to more than 50 percent in early 1994.