"triple down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: triples down [present, singular, third-person], tripling down [participle, present], tripled down [participle, past], tripled down [past]
Etymology: An augmentation of double down. Head templates: {{en-verb|triples down|tripling down|tripled down|tripled down}} triple down (third-person singular simple present triples down, present participle tripling down, simple past and past participle tripled down)
  1. (intransitive, figurative) To significantly increase (a risk, investment, or other commitment) to a maximum; to respond to a challenge by reinforcing or extending one's position to a maximum. [with on ‘something’] Tags: figuratively, intransitive

Inflected forms

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