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noun double, Double jeopardy, Jeopardy
- A round of questioning or other situation where the possible gains and/or losses from choices are magnified.
- 1988 July, Steven E. de Souza, w:Die Hard, Die Hard, 20th Century Fox
- : John McClane?: Sorry Hans, wrong guess. Would you like to go for where the scores can really change?
- 1999, Optimizing Network Traffic, Notes from the Field, volume 3, Microsoft Press
- : Specifically, if after all this travel the application is inefficiently designed, the process gets into double jeopardy, where the scores can really change.
- 2000 April, Edward Bear, The Seven Deadly Needs, pages 87-88, Health Communications
- : We may now be ready for the round. Now for the next question
Etymology: Named after double jeopardy, the legal concept, in the quiz show w:Jeopardy!, Jeopardy!
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- The act of trying someone twice for the same offense, especially after an acquittal in the first trial.
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