re-raise
verb
(alsoreraise)uk/ˌriːˈreɪz/us[IorT]sportsspecialized
toraise(= toriskmoremoneythan anotherplayer)again in agameofcards, after anotherplayerhas already done this:
Johnlookedthem in theeye,chewedon histoothpick, and re-raised.
I alwaysthoughtpeoplewerestealingfrom me if I gotraisedon theflop, and so I always reraised.
[T]
tobringsomething to people'sattentionagain:
Thatdecisionre-raises thequestionof why you would put someone in thatposition.
Thecourtruledthat theprosecutioncould reraise theissueonproductionofadditionalevidence.
- Iraisedwith 77 and was re-raised by myopponent.
- Theseguyswillraiseand reraise, given anyencouragement; onefalsestepand it might be you taking thefall.
- Theplayersfoughthard,stealingblindsand re-raisingflopbetsuntil the nextpitstop.
- Thesedevelopmentsre-raisedoubtsabout thedegreeto which thepartyisableto reconnect withitsvoters.
Card games
- all in
- bidding
- busted flush
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- diamond
- flush
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- queen
- rebid
- recut
- rookie card
- royal flush
- solitaire
- spade
- straight
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re-raise
noun[C]
(alsoreraise)uk/ˈriːˌreɪz/ussportsspecialized
theactionofraising(=riskingmoremoneythan anotherplayer)again in agameofcards, after anotherplayerhas already done this:
She was notsurewhether tocallorraisebecause doing so mightexposethem to a re-raise.
If there has been araiseand a reraise before you, you can befairlycertainthatyourace-jack is no good.
- When my re-raise waspointedout to him, hestartedshoutingthat he hadn'tseenit and it wasn'tfair.
- With areasonablystronghand, it'sbesttotrytoavoidraisingand having topassfor someone else's reraise.
- There was araiseand a re-raise, and all thechipswent in.
Card games
- all in
- bidding
- busted flush
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- diamond
- flush
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- queen
- rebid
- recut
- rookie card
- royal flush
- solitaire
- spade
- straight