to triple down
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7.5
- phrasal verb
- /ˈtrɪpəl daʊn/
- Informal
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- After failing the last exam, I decided to triple down on my studies and put in extra hours every day.
- double or triple down
Arrogantly said we're just gonna triple down on reality TV.
- Arrogantly said we're just gonna triple down on reality TV.
- So, Bill, I would say you've got to triple down on your relationship investment.
- I don't think you get the same returns by overwhelmingly working on your weaknesses as you do on tripling down on your strengths.
- I, I think that frankly, if I want to really double and triple down, I just have to spend a bunch of time in a few major cities.
- Because if you take that game last night at Hampden Park, to me it looked like Gareth Southgate wanted to double down, triple down.
- That assumes that someone tripling down on passion early on means that this must be more serious, because look at how passionate they are about this.
- So this morning she tripled down with this unparsable click bait word pudding.
- President Trump double s down, triples down.
- She's now going to triple down on any call that sounds like anti anti-Semitism because she's scared.
- Well she goes and grabs her kid, her white kid, and calls the five year old the N word and double s down and triples down on the N word.
- It's like, no, you can also do the thing that feels good without tripling down on every like sort of knock on effect that that would have more negative impacts.
- My response would be, I'm so glad that you tripled down on your hypocrisy just to make sure everybody was sure that you're full of shit.
Examples
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If you sit there and have that mentality of triple down on what you're good at, you're never going to grow.
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OK, you need to triple down on building out all those things.
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Arrogantly said we're just gonna triple down on reality TV.
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When I say refactor relationships, I triple down on family relationships.
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So, Bill, I would say you've got to triple down on your relationship investment.
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I, I think that frankly, if I want to really double and triple down, I just have to spend a bunch of time in a few major cities.
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I want to again double, triple down on the idea that hope is humble and receptive to the future.
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I certainly hope the GOP listens, but they could triple down on this whole thing and win fairly easily.
Blog text (27) -
The Romney campaign will spend the day doubling and tripling down on this message.
Blog text (15) -
And so I I'm doubling down, I'm tripling down on those as essential to the point where nothing else really happens for very long unless those five things are tended to.
Synonyms
53
6.5
To try harder to continue something even when people disagree or it is risky
11
4.4
To start working hard and seriously after wasting time
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4.5
To start working hard after not doing much before
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6.8
To work harder or faster when facing a challenge
Antonyms
How Committed
- Informal
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5.2
- Informal
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7.5
- Informal
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6.5
∞
1.0
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
triple + down
While 'triple' clearly signals an increase in magnitude, the particle 'down' here has an idiomatic/figurative force (as in 'double down') meaning to strengthen or increase commitment rather than a literal downward direction. A B1 learner who knows the parts may partially infer an increase but would likely not predict the specific pragmatic sense of recommitting or intensifying effort without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Triple down comes from a gambling picture: triple means 'three times' and down refers to putting money 'down' as a bet. So, to triple down means to increase your bet or your effort, to 'commit' even more after a problem.