double down (on sth)
phrasal verbwithdoubleverb[IorT]uk/ˈdʌb.əl/us/ˈdʌb.əl/
mainlyUS
tocontinueto do something in anevenmoredeterminedway than before:
Expect toseeFoxdoubledown onitsmarketingeffortsto give themovieabigboost.
Instead oflearningfrom hismistakes, he'sdoublingdown.
- We'redoublingdown; we're going tokeepon going because we'vecommittedtoo much tostop.
- Whydoubledown on thesedisastrouspolicies?
- Developmentagenciesshoulddoubledown oneffortstoencouragesavingandinvestmentsinsmallbusinesses.
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usualidiom
- bash on
- carry(something)on
- cease
- cont.
- contd
- drag
- echo
- jag
- keep atsomething
- keep on doingsomething
- keepsomeoneat itidiom
- leg
- push on
- run on
- runsomeone/somethingover
- seesomethingout
- segue
- span
- spin
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