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double up
(encz) | double up,bydlet společně Zdeněk Brož |
double up
(encz) | double up,zkroutit se Zdeněk Brož |
double up
(wn) | double up
v 1: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He
doubled and vomited violently" [syn: double over,
double, double up]
2: share a room or a bed designed for only one person
3: stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager [syn:
parlay, double up] |
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To double upon
(gcide) | Double \Dou"ble\, v. i.
1. To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity,
length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much.
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'T is observed in particular nations, that within
the space of three hundred years, notwithstanding
all casualties, the number of men doubles. --T.
Burnet.
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2. To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the
same ground, or in an opposite direction.
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Doubling and turning like a hunted hare. --Dryden.
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Doubling and doubling with laborious walk.
--Wordsworth.
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3. To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.
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What penalty and danger you accrue,
If you be found to double. --J. Webster.
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4. (Print.) To set up a word or words a second time by
mistake; to make a doublet.
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To double upon (Mil.), to inclose between two fires.
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