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redouble
[ ree-duhb-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to double; make twice as great:
If you hope to win that client, you'll have to redouble your efforts to impress her.
- to echo or reecho.
- Bridge. to double the double of (an opponent).
- to go back over:
I redoubled my footsteps, trying to find my lost earring.
- Archaic. to repeat.
verb (used without object)
- to be doubled; become twice as great.
- to be echoed; resound.
- Bridge. to double the double of an opponent.
noun
- Bridge. the act of doubling one's opponent's double.
- 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.
redouble
/ °ùɪˈ»åÊŒ²úÉ™±ô /
verb
- to make or become much greater in intensity, number, etc
to redouble one's efforts
- to send back (sounds) or (of sounds) to be sent back; echo or re-echo
- bridge to double (an opponent's double)
noun
- the act of redoubling
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù±ð·»å´Ç³Üb±ô±ð°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Congress redoubled that effort following the Civil War, requiring the states to guarantee public education in their state constitutions and establish the first Department of Education.
"This year, his illness makes us especially grateful to God,… redoubling our prayers for his full recovery," the Cardinal said.
Pressure will redouble on its European allies to take up the slack.
Australia too has made it clear it will redouble its support.
At home, she redoubled her political engagement by signing up with one of San Francisco’s myriad Democratic clubs.
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