redouble
Americanverb (used with object)
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to double; make twice as great.
If you hope to win that client, you'll have to redouble your efforts to impress her.
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to echo or reecho.
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Bridge. to double the double of (an opponent).
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to go back over.
I redoubled my footsteps, trying to find my lost earring.
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Archaic. to repeat.
verb (used without object)
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to be doubled; become twice as great.
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to be echoed; resound.
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Bridge. to double the double of an opponent.
noun
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Bridge. the act of doubling one's opponent's double.
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Fencing. an attack in a line other than that of the previous attack, made after the failure of the opponent to follow their parry of the previous attack with a riposte.
verb
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to make or become much greater in intensity, number, etc
to redouble one's efforts
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to send back (sounds) or (of sounds) to be sent back; echo or re-echo
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bridge to double (an opponent's double)
noun
Other Word Forms
- redoubler noun
Etymology
Origin of redouble
From the Middle French word redoubler, dating back to 1470–80. See re-, double
Example Sentences
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He redoubled his wooing of individual researchers and invited Yann LeCun, the deep learning pioneer based at New York University, over for another recruitment dinner.
Instead, the federal agency redoubled its efforts, with the latest salvo a “letter of impending enforcement” issued Tuesday and accompanied by a statement from U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
But Canberra has redoubled efforts to diversify export markets for farmers since a 2020 dispute with Beijing saw agriculture exports blocked for several years, and last year's global imposition of US trade tariffs.
From Barron's
But Canberra has redoubled efforts to diversify export markets for farmers since a 2020 dispute with Beijing saw agriculture exports blocked for several years, and then last year's global imposition of US trade tariffs.
From Barron's
But it is also frustrating, and rereading redoubles that frustration.
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