"triple down" meaning in English

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Verb

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. (figurative, intransitive, or transitive with on) 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. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, transitive, with-on Related terms: double down
    Sense id: en-triple_down-en-verb-aCUNk--T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for triple down meaning in English (1.8kB)

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