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tripled down

tripled down is the simple past and past participle of triple down.

Meaning of triple down

Verb

triple down (third-person singular simple present triples down, present participle tripling down, simple past and past participle tripled down)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive) 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

Questions about tripled down

What is tripled down the simple past and past participle of?
Tripled down is the simple past and past participle of triple down.

Words near tripled down in the dictionary

  1. triple-triple
  2. triple-triples
  3. triple-whammies
  4. triple-whammy
  5. tripled
  6. tripled down
  7. tripled pawn
  8. tripled pawns
  9. tripledemic
  10. tripledemics
  11. triplefin

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