to double
- verb
- /ˈdʌbəl/
- Jargon
- During the match, I decided to double the bet to challenge everyone.
Examples
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If we're doing this properly, I want to double the money I start with.
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"We'll double it up and double that up if we have to," he said.
Fiction book (1994) -
Alternatively, he can pass to player 2, which doubles the original pie to $40.
Academic text (1999) -
- I'll come in if you'll double the stakes.
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Dragging the weary charger away from rest and water, she doubled back on their original tracks.
Fiction book (2001) -
If I'm going to play this round, I want to double the stakes on this game.
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When it's my turn, I'll double the previous player's offer to increase the excitement.
Synonyms
To make a higher bid after an opponent bids in a card game
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To try harder to continue something even when people disagree or it is risky
- Baby Talk
Challenge someone playfully so they feel they cannot refuse to do something
- Specialized
Move the tongue quickly back and forth to play fast clear notes on a wind instrument
Compounds
An unfair rule that treats similar people differently and gives one group more advantages
A spy who secretly works for two opposing sides while pretending to help one and giving secrets to the other
- Specialized
A test in which neither participants nor researchers know who gets the treatment
- NSFW
A phrase with two meanings, one often innocent and the other rude about sex
Two rainbows that appear in the sky at the same time, the outer one fainter and outside the inner arc
- Specialized
A situation where you are given two conflicting demands you cannot satisfy, often from someone in charge
- Specialized
An experiment where neither participants nor researchers know who gets the real treatment or a fake one to avoid bias
A suit jacket with wide front flaps that overlap and two columns of buttons
A large string instrument with four strings that makes very low sounds when played with a bow or plucked
- Specialized
A bookkeeping system that records every transaction as a debit in one account and a credit in another
Two layers of glass with a space between them that keep heat in and noise out
- Specialized
A thick fabric made from two layers of thread joined together that holds its shape well
- Formal
A part of a life insurance policy that pays twice the money if death is an accident
- Specialized
A running play in American football where the ball is handed twice, each time changing direction
- Specialized
A lung infection that affects both lungs and causes serious breathing problems
- Offensive
A person who pretends to be a friend but secretly works against others
- Specialized
A bookkeeping system that records each transaction twice to keep accounts balanced
- Specialized
An illegal basketball move when a player bounces the ball with both hands or bounces it again after stopping
- Literature
A person who receives a government salary and a pension at the same time
- Literature
Receiving two incomes from the same source, for example a pension and a salary
- Specialized
A crochet stitch you make by pulling the yarn through twice to make taller, looser fabric
- Informal
Playing two notes at the same time on a violin or cello by pressing two strings
- Jargon
A hard, straight hit into the outfield that lets the batter reach second base
- Specialized
A mark of two acute accents placed above a vowel to show a long rounded sound in Hungarian
- Specialized
A pair of vertical lines in written music that show the end of a main section or the whole piece
- Specialized
A symbol in programming that returns true when one or both conditions are true
- Specialized
A system of recording each transaction twice, once as a debit and once as a credit to ensure accuracy
- Jargon
A top university degree given for two different subjects at some British universities
- Specialized
A music sign placed before a note that makes it sound one whole tone lower
- Specialized
A tall stitch made with a hook by pulling yarn through loops, taller than a single stitch
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Etymology
Double as a verb in card play comes from the Latin duplex ('twofold') and duo ('two'), so to 'double' is to ask that the points or bet be made 'twice' as much.