triple down
triple down verb: 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.
Verb
triple down (third-person singular simple present triples down, present participle tripling down, simple past and past participle tripled down)
- 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.
- The rightsholders to the Spider-Man characters made a (financially) successful solo movie about the cheesy villain Venom—and then tripled down for an entire trilogy about the toothy, slather-tongued gunk with the outsized malevolent eyes who fuses with human reporter Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy).2024 October 23, Jesse Hassenger, “Tom Hardy takes one more hit-and-miss spin with a symbiote in Venom: The Last Dance”, in AV Club
Forms of triple down
| third-person singular present | triples down |
|---|---|
| present participle | tripling down |
| past participle | tripled down |
| past | tripled down |
Origin of triple down
An augmentation of double down.
Questions about triple down
- What does triple down mean?
- Triple down means 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.
- What part of speech is triple down?
- Triple down is a verb.
- What is the past tense of triple down?
- The past tense of triple down is tripled down.
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