triple down en · VERB
Etymology
An augmentation of double down.
Meanings
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(figuratively, intransitive) To significantly increase (a risk, investment, or other commitment) to a maximum; to respond to a challenge by reinforcing or extending one's position to a maximum.
The rightsholders to the Spider-Man characters made a (financially) successful solo movie about the cheesy villain Venom—and then tripled down for an entire trilogy about the toothy, slather-tongued gunk with the outsized malevolent eyes who fuses with human reporter Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy).
2024 October 23, Jesse Hassenger, “Tom Hardy takes one more hit-and-miss spin with a symbiote in Venom: The Last Dance”, in AV Club:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| triples down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| tripling down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tripled down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tripled down | Tense=Past | lexicographic |