DOUBLE DOWN Definition & Meaning

double down

[ duhb-uhl doun ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

Cards. (in blackjack) to double an initial bet, on the condition that one can be dealt only one more card:
Will you double down and beat the dealer?
to increase one’s efforts or hold to a position or opinion, especially when vulnerable or taking a risk:
He has continued to defend his controversial interpretation of the document, doubling down on what he sees as the truth.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of double down¹

First recorded in 1625–35, in another sense

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In perhaps the most encouraging development of the offseason, Foster did not double down on a disappointing staff.

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Many inside the movement said it should be less confrontational and disruptive but a hard core of activists argued it would be more effective to double down on direct action.

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At its outset, "Dolores Claiborne" seemed poised to double down on this formula by doling out red-meat b***hery from Kathy Bates, until an unsettling possibility creeps over the story: what if being a b***h isn’t actually a crime?

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Since Dailey leads the team in the confidence department, his conviction in himself visible in the way he bops around the court before games, his coach is trying to get him to double down on his belief.

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"It’s time to double down on all of the things that have been working, not reverse them."

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