Answer: upping

AnswerCrossword Clue
UPPING

Raising

UPPING

Hiking

UPPING

Increasing

UPPING
More than equaling
UPPING
Poker activity
UPPINGRaising.
UPPINGSweetening the pot.
UPPINGAnte action
UPPINGAction to an ante
UPPINGRaising (the ante)