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super wrote: I assume that it means backing down or recalling the earlier statement or rhetoric ?
No, it means exactly the opposite.
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Quote: It seems the original meaning comes from playing cards. Kinda like double or nothing.
Yep - Blackjack in fact (Vingt-et-un, Twenty-One, Pontoon or any of the other names it's known by) - Double Down In Blackjack & When To Use It![^]
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You obviously don't play blackjack.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I would prefer a game where you can look at your cards and then bid for the honor of taking on the other two players, like this one.[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Never heard of that game. I am not a big card player myself. I have tried my hands on blackjack in casinos just for fun.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Skat is not played for gambling, it's more like a game you go to play in a pub over a few mugs of beer. If at all, it's only played for small amounts of money and often the players collect all 'profits' and use the money for a dinner or a trip once a year.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Ok, so its more like plenty of games we played around at home just for fun. Or to decide who would make tea.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Not quite. It's more for an entire evening than a quick single game, especially because there are several official and even more unofficial variants which can be played, depending on what the player who wins the bidding decides to play.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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We will try it this weekend as our drinking game.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Want me to send you some of our local beer?[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I would rather have it in Germany. Beers don't like to travel AFAIK.
These days our gangs favorite is King's from Goa. It is now available in few other cities as well. 
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Ok, good luck then. Don't get frustrated with the game rules, like the whole bidding stuff. At first it looks a little arcane, but after a while you can do it in your sleep.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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It means to double the effort to do something IMO, nothing to do with backing down.
--edit--
OK, apparently it means to double ones bet: double down - Wiktionary[^]
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As has been said, it's a term from playing cards. However; here may be the wrong context for that term, the proper card-related term to use here may be "bluff".
In blackjack, when you feel you have a strong hand, you may double-down.
In poker, when you feel you do not have a strong hand, you may bluff -- in an effort to make others think you do have a strong hand
This is (or may be) an example of the reporter showing bias in favor of XYZ. Or, more likely, that the reporter just doesn't understand the words he's using.
modified 11-Apr-17 9:48am.
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also in gambling when you lost a bet, but reckon you have the edge over your opponent (or know the next horse race winner) you "double down" on the next bet to 'get your money back.'
Sin tack
the any key okay
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I think it's correctly used. I think it's saying the reporter is continuing to make the same accusation he/she made against XYZ previously and is even more determined in that approach, as opposed to switching tactics or asking different questions.
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As a native English speaker I don't recall ever hearing the phrase. So I have no idea what it's supposed to mean. However when I was at training college the term "double" meant to jog rather than walk somewhere. So you could be told to "double down to the boathouse".
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Probably from the Military - Running is double time (i.e. step rate), compared to marching, so this is why you do something at the double - i.e. quickly
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College was run on Naval discipline.
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I think you might be looking for native American speakers rather than native English speakers  Here in the UK we 'double up' when it's a betting reference or simple 'double' our efforts when referring to persevering at a task. I've never heard the expression 'double down' over here.
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You say double-up, I say double down, double-up, double-down, let's call the whole thing off.
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Did XYZ reaffirm the original allegation, and then take it one step further by adding new allegations?
"Double down" from the black jack card game is an opportunity to split a single hand (initial allegation) into 2 hands (more allegations).
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