double down

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.

   “He'd bet three thousand and double down to six thousand, all of it hanging on the turn of the next card.”

2. fiil To significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment; to respond to a challenge (e.g. to an opinion) by reinforcing or extending one's position rather than moderating it.

   “Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all want to get out of Iraq. They all want to double down in Afghanistan.”