Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triple down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: triple -down
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"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)."

Etymology

An augmentation of double down.

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

triples down (present, singular) tripling down (participle, present) tripled down (participle, past) tripled down (past)

Frequently Paired Words

double down

Questions

What does triple down mean?: 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.
Where does triple down come from?: An augmentation of double down.

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