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re·dou·ble (rē dubəl)

transitive verb -·bled, -·bling

    1. to make twice as much or twice as great
    2. to make much greater; intensify redouble your efforts
  1. to make echo or reecho
  2. to refold; double back
  3. Archaic to repeat

Etymology: LME redoublen < MFr redoubler: see re- & double

intransitive verb

  1. to become twice as great or twice as much
  2. to reecho
  3. to turn backward, as on one's tracks
  4. Bridge to further increase the point value or penalty of a bid which an opponent has doubled

noun

Bridge a redoubling

redouble Synonyms

redouble

v.

redouble Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • effort: This achievement was followed by a successful redoubling of efforts in export markets.

Object

  • effort: For its part, Europe must redouble efforts to build a union capable of acting collectively on the international stage.
  • energy: Let us then prepare with redoubled energy for the decisive battle that is at hand!
  • fury: The storm broke forth again with redoubled fury - gathering its distant thunder.
  • force: The night of the 19th passed, but the next morning the storm blew with redoubled force.
  • industry: These events have redoubled the insurance industry 's efforts to avoid the cost of occupational disease.
  • commitment: But darker legacies bring uncertainty to this vision and demand redoubled commitment.

Infinitive complement

  • show: He said I could make any bid at the two-level after partner's redouble to show him the psych.

Modifying Another Word

  • now: For the last little while I had even lost, but now redoubling my efforts, I began once more to overhaul the chase.
  • also: We will also redouble our efforts at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament to get the main export countries to stop selling landmines.
  • merely: Leeds, however, merely redoubled their efforts and reaped their reward.
  • then: This was doubled up to two of each, and then redoubled in 1967 to the present four of each.
  • n't: That is not to say the terrorists wo n't redouble their efforts.

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