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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

  1. 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.
  2. phrasal verb In blackjack, to double your original stake in exchange for exactly one more card.

rut — full definition

  1. noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.
  2. noun A fixed, boring routine that feels hard to escape.
  3. noun The mating season of certain male mammals, such as deer, marked by heightened sexual activity.

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