double

at (or on) the double at running speed; very fast.

☞ This modern generalized sense has developed from the mid-19th-century military use of double pace to mean twice the number of steps per minute of slow pace.

double bubble a doubly satisfying outcome; two for the price of one. British informal

2005Dooyoo.co.uk discussions: Terrorism Some will give their cause a religious stamp of approval, combining a fear of their God with the fear of their behaviour, which is double bubble as far as the terrorist is concerned.

double or nothing a gamble to decide whether a loss or debt should be doubled or cancelled.

☞ A British variant of double or nothing is double or quits.

词组	double
释义	double at (or on) the double at running speed; very fast. ☞ This modern generalized sense has developed from the mid-19th-century military use of double pace to mean twice the number of steps per minute of slow pace. double bubble a doubly satisfying outcome; two for the price of one. British informal 2005Dooyoo.co.uk discussions: Terrorism Some will give their cause a religious stamp of approval, combining a fear of their God with the fear of their behaviour, which is double bubble as far as the terrorist is concerned. double or nothing a gamble to decide whether a loss or debt should be doubled or cancelled. ☞ A British variant of double or nothing is double or quits.
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