What is "double down"

alt. (context idiomatic gambling English) To double one's wager. vb. (context idiomatic gambling English) To double one's wager.

Double Down may refer to:

• Double Down: Game Change 2012, a 2013 book about the 2012 United States Presidential election
• Double Down (comics), a DC Comics villain
• Double Down (2001 film), a 2001 American drama film
• "Double Down" (Journeyman), an episode of Journeyman
• Double Down (sandwich), a sandwich offered by Kentucky Fried Chicken
• Double Down, a televised high school quiz program in Syracuse, New York
• Double down, a betting technique in blackjack
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, the eleventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Double Down (original titled Zigs) is a 2001 English language drama starring Jason Priestley, Peter Dobson and Richard Portnow and directed by Mars Callahan. The film received an R rating by the MPAA.

The Double Down is a pseudo- sandwich offered by Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). The Double Down contains "bacon, two different kinds of melted cheese, the Colonel's secret sauce... pinched in between two pieces of Original Recipe chicken fillets." It is also available with grilled chicken fillets instead of the Original Recipe fried fillets, and with KFC's Zinger fillets (spicy) to customers in select countries.