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Redouble

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled.
Verb
  1. 1
    To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify. transitive

    "Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts."

  2. 2
    make twice as great or intense wordnet
  3. 3
    To double an opponent's doubling bid.
  4. 4
    double again wordnet
  5. 5
    To become twice as big. intransitive
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  1. 6
    double in magnitude, extent, or intensity wordnet
  2. 7
    To double again what was reduced to a single state.

    "Like the Conservatives and Labour, the Lib Dems plan to extend Britain's rail network, reopen stations and redouble singled routes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.

Etymology 2

From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.

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