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double
up
To
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the quantity, amount or duration of something.
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double
up
To have a secondary use.
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double
up
After a fly ball has been caught.
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back
To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
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bass
musical instrument
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booked
Of a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.
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cream
dairy product
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dutch
A date where both man and woman pay for their portion of the bill.
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dutch
A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.
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dutch
A language game akin to pig Latin.
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dutch
Incomprehensible language.
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dutch
Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.
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entendre
A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo..
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entendre
Plural form of
double
entendre.
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double
talk
Lying, especially in a formal political statement.
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talk
Speaking in a mixture of real English and English-sounding gibberish, for humorous effect.
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double
vision
diplopia
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-tongued
Saying one thing to one person and something different to another;
double
talking; deceitful in speech.
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double
decker buses
Vehicles
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-edged sword
A benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.
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on the
double
Rapidly or immediately.
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stand in for
To replace; to act as a
double
or substitute for.
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albatross
A
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eagle, or three under par on any one hole.
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big picture
The main film in a
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feature.
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measure twice and cut once
(literally, carpentry) One should
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-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.1872, "Dressmaking," Hall's Journal of Health, vol. 19, no. 12, p. 280:Look at Carpenters! . . . In old times it was a proverb "Measure twice, and cut once."(figuratively, by extension) Plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action.2008, Hilary Johnson, "Mergers rattle bank relations," Financial Week, 9 Nov. (retrieved 9 Nov. 2008):Mr. Paz noted that since the onset of the credit crisis, eBay, like other companies, hasn
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play on words
A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a
double
entendre.
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