double up
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bəl
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/dˈʌbəl ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "double up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to double up
[phrase form: double]
01

āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to share or occupy the same space or accommodation with another person, often due to limited resources
Intransitive
to double up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the camping trip, the shortage of tents forced the friends to double up in sleeping bags.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻŦ⧁āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to bend over typically as a reaction to laughter or pain
Intransitive
to double up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sharp pain in her stomach caused her to double up momentarily.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use winnings from one bet as the stake for a subsequent wager in the hopes of increasing overall winnings
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gambler, feeling lucky, chose to double up on his successful bet and try for a more significant win.
āϜ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāϰāĻ“ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ