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The Double — is a term in football, which refers to winning a country s top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season. It can also mean beating a team both home and away in the same league season, a feat often noted as doing the double… … Wikipedia
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on the double! — {adv. phr.} Hurry up! * / Let s go! On the double! the pilot cried, as he started up the engine of the small plane./ … Dictionary of American idioms
on the double! — {adv. phr.} Hurry up! * / Let s go! On the double! the pilot cried, as he started up the engine of the small plane./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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Double — Dou ble (d[u^]b l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. diplo os double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Double base — Double Dou ble (d[u^]b l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. diplo os double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
