redouble
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.
to be doubled; become twice as great.
to be echoed; resound.
Bridge. to double the double of an opponent.
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.
Origin of redouble
1Other words from redouble
- re·dou·bler, noun
Words that may be confused with redouble
- redouble , reduplicate
Words Nearby redouble
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How to use redouble in a sentence
NBC was right to clarify its policies and redouble its efforts to make sure they are followed.
Planned Parenthood: Why NBC's Abortion Ad Snafu Matters | Eric Ferrero | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFourth, international efforts in support of a peace process must redouble.
Preventing Genocide In South Sudan | Eric Reeves, John Prendergast | April 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Now we will redouble our efforts as more Afghans rally to our cause to fight the remaining invaders,” he adds.
Taliban Slams Loya Jirga Bilateral Security Agreement | Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs we stand united with their families, let us now redouble our own efforts to carry their work forward.
Attacks on American Consulate in Libya kill four, including American Ambassador | Justin Green | September 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThese changes at home initially make him redouble the repression of his family.
Cairo, Revisited: How Naguib Mahfouz Predicted the Future of Egypt | Joel Whitney | July 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
With each step that the Germans draw nearer the mummers redouble their efforts to excite laughter.
The other side can again redouble, and so on; but the value of a trick is limited to 100 points.
My presentiments did not deceive me when I urged the communiers to redouble their self-control and prudence!
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueThey are thence interested to enter into the false ideas of the people, and even to redouble the darkness of their minds.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachA bold knock at the front door caused the dog to redouble his efforts, until his master commanded him to be still.
The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell Wright
British Dictionary definitions for redouble
/ (rɪˈdʌbəl) /
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)
the act of redoubling
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