extremarse — meaning in English
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English meaning
- double down phrasal verb To commit even more firmly to a position, strategy or claim, especially after it has been criticised or has started to go wrong.
- rut noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.
Senses
extremarse is used for these senses in English:
- double down (intransitive, figurative, by extension) 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. [with on ‘something’]
- rut (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.
double down — full definition
- phrasal verb To commit even more firmly to a position, strategy or claim, especially after it has been criticised or has started to go wrong.
- phrasal verb In blackjack, to double your original stake in exchange for exactly one more card.
rut — full definition
- noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.
- noun A fixed, boring routine that feels hard to escape.
- noun The mating season of certain male mammals, such as deer, marked by heightened sexual activity.