Try the old non-linear trick of copying and pasting the audio on a track just below the original. In a sense, doubling the audio output. Do this copy/paste as many times as you need to bring it up to level.
Also a simpler way, you add a gain filter to the clip. Effects/Audio Filters/ Final Cut Pro/Gain
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