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Verb: double up
  1. Share a room or a bed designed for only one person
    "The students had to double up in the dorm rooms due to overcrowding"
     
  2. Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
    "He doubled up in pain after being hit in the stomach";
    - double over, double
     
  3. Stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager
    "He doubled up his initial winnings into a small fortune";
    - parlay

Derived forms: doubles up, doubled up, doubling up

Type of: back, bend, bet on, flex, gage [archaic], game, punt, share, stake