Advantage and Upping

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Advantage noun - The more favorable condition or position in a competition.

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Upping and advantage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upping" instead a noun "Advantage".

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Advantage and upping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Advantage" instead a noun "Upping".

Older Than They Think: From 1976, the trailer for The Pink Panther Strikes Again was able to take advantage of this trope thanks to the story upping the stakes from previous installments.

Source: Trailer Spoof
A Nightmare on Elm Street series revel in this, taking full advantage of its dream world killzone to make some of the most ludicrous and creative deaths in cinema history, and then upping the ante by having the victim's actual body reacting to the death in a (usually) more realistic manner.

Source: Cruel And Unusual Death / Live-Action Films
This is a lot more common in games set in real or historical settings, as it's rare for any human military to have a technological advantage for long without someone on the other side trying to copy it, and possibly one-upping it.

Source: Cosmetically Different Sides

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