To intensify one's commitment to a position or course of action even further, as an exaggerated extension of 'double down'.
To keep pushing even harder on something you already committed to strongly, like turning up the volume even more.
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To commit even more strongly to a position or strategy, especially after it has already been criticized or proved problematic, beyond simply 'doubling down'.
"Rather than admitting the policy had failed, the minister decided to triple down and demand more funding for it."
A relatively recent coinage, used mostly in political commentary and journalism as a rhetorical escalation of 'double down'. Not yet universally recognized as a standard phrasal verb. Most common in American English media contexts.
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