double down

Definitions

1. 1

   To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in…

   To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.

   • He'd bet three thousand and double down to six thousand, all of it hanging on the turn of the next card.
2. 2

   To significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment

   To significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment; to respond to a challenge (e.g. to an opinion) by reinforcing or extending one's position rather than moderating it.

   • Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all want to get out of Iraq. They all want to double down in Afghanistan.
   • [Tucker] Carlson, in his keynote, doubled down on Trump’s recent attacks on Somali-American Rep. Ilhan Omar.

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