More than equaling

Usage examples of upping.

On impulse he wiped a gauntlet against the ice on one cube, upping the brightness on his suit lights.

On March 4, a second ransom communication arrived, scolding Lindbergh for involving the police, and upping the monetary demand to $70,000 because of the additional security and “administrative concerns” this imposed on the offenders.

The idea of suddenly upping by $20,000 a ransom demand that had supposedly been planned for a year was ludicrous enough.

As their demands increased, upping the ante, so to speak, Bloom's temper threatened to flare.

Miles considered, and immediately discarded, any argument that smacked of threat, that attempted to chivvy Nikki in the right direction by upping the pressure.

It is part of the essential Arsenal experience that they are loathed, and in an era in which more or less everybody plays with an offside trap and an extra defender, perhaps these distasteful incidents are the Arsenal way of upping the ante in order to stake sole claim to the territory.

Damali's laughter only made the revised agreements appear faster, masters breathing hard, looking at each others' bids, changing theirs, upping the ante, hollering at their wives to back off and stay out of a man's business.