redouble

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Some players frequently redouble, as a kind of bluff, when convinced their declaration will fail, the intent being to frighten either the doubler or his partner into another declaration.

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  1. transitive verb To double.
  2. transitive verb To repeat.
  3. transitive verb Games To double the doubling bid of (an opponent) in bridge.

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  • We are convening public interest and industry allies to redouble efforts to broaden the pro Net Neutrality coalition, educate policymakers, and create the political will required to pass proactive legislation in the next Congress. —  msnbc.com: Community
  • The most likely winner in this February's national elections, Binyamin Netanyahu, has publicly stated that a military attack on Iran is at the top of his agenda - a message which has activated all the major Zionist-Jewish organizations in the US to redouble their efforts to secure US compliance, support and active collaboration. —  Signs of the Times
  • Now's the time to redouble our efforts to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables, which not only improves the nutritional status of low-income families who suffer disproportionately from diet-related diseases like obesity, diabetes and heart disease - but also supports local farmers throughout the region, helps to sustain agricultural communities, and protects ecologically sensitive areas (like NYC's own Catskill watershed) from harmful development. —  City Limits - Weekly Articles
  • "We need to redouble efforts in anti-doping work from now on," Li said.
  • With little to show thus far, politicians don't know if they should redouble past efforts, break ground on new initiatives, or both. —  Safehaven
 

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redouble:   redoubling ·  redoubled
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  1. from Old French (and F.) redoubler =Spanish redoblar =Portuguese redobrar =Italian raddoppiare, from Middle Latin reduplicare, redouble, double, from Latin re-, again, + duplicare, double: see double, v. Cf, reduplicate.
 

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