Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To move or cause to move at double time: The troops double-timed to the mess hall. The sergeant double-timed the platoon.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive, military to march at double time.
- v. transitive, military to order troops to march at double time.
Examples
“So, its a matter of saying: Well, I can either sit here and reject, or I can do double-time embracing of something else just to reassure myself that I'm not against the world.”
“The artists are also working double-time to create not one, but two wax likenesses of Pattinson – one for Madame Tussauds New York and one for Madame Tussauds London.”
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“But beyond the potential salaciousness, "Number One," is a great song, an energetic baby-maker with Keri Hilson that flips into a double-time house track a few bars before each chorus to show you just how fast of a slow jam it is.”
“It was time, and double-time, and over-time beyond that, but the feeding was generous and the wages ran from forty-five to sixty dollars a month.”
“Towards the end of standout All the Heavy Lifting, when he switches to double-time kick drums, it's as if all the sonic promises metal has made are being met.”
“It's Sunday, though, and I can't pass up double-time.”
“Content: The usual bluster, spit in the usual ways except for Hova, who goes double-time.”
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“When that child has grown, so much like me, but also so unrecognizable as the swaddled infant I spoke to in double-time so he'd have all the advantages of language that two-parent children had, we'll need these writings.”
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“Thran's heart marched at double-time and he felt the sweat trickle down his spine.”
“Relief cascaded through Dante and his heart slowed its double-time march against his ribs.”
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•Open List: Two for One
Phrases using the word "double." No doubles allowed. ;-)
double over, double up, doubled fists, double blanket, double room, double bed, double time, double sink, double-time, double scotch, double back, on the double and 87 more...
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Wordtime
wintertime, wartime, uptime, undertime, twotime, teatime, suppertime, summertime, springtime, spacetime, sometime, showtime and 31 more...
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