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redouble

The English word “redouble” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
  2. To double an opponent's doubling bid.
  3. To become twice as big.
  4. To double again what was reduced to a single state.

noun

  1. An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled.

Etymology

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

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