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Joseph LaRocca says some companies are upping the ante in terms of fending off return fraudsters.

And occasionally a designer would give the model something they had worn, upping her collection into the present day.

The police department, despite public belief, is substantially upping patrol and investigative measures.

Not initially, but as we became more popular the network kept upping the ante.

Earlier Friday, Assange announced plans to talk the crowds from the window of the embassy, thus upping the ante once more.

This process was called “swan upping,” corrupted generally into “swan hopping.”

The young cygnets were marked at the annual festival of “swan-upping,” at which the City magnates used hugely to enjoy themselves.

The stone outside Baldock, marking the thirty-ninth mile is milestone and upping-block as well.

There was no possible chance of upping the ship today—probably not for days to come—or ever, if the case went against them.

The time-honoured brutality of swan-upping is now mitigated by law, its cruelty being obvious.

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On this page you'll find 393 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to upping, such as: accretion, aggregation, buildup, growth, inflation, and pile.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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