Meaning of double over | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To bend over deeply at the waist.
   idiomatic, intransitive
2. To fold in half.
   transitive, usually

Examples

“Near-synonyms: double⟳ up, buckle over”

“doubled over in pain”

“A padded knee shattered my balls. I doubled over in the hallway, coughing up blood and yellow stuff I thought might be bile.”

““Do you have⟳ documents on you?” asked one of the guards. “Good, then we’ll know⟳ how to mark⟳ your grave if you fall⟳ behind the convoy.” The joke made his comrades double⟳ over with laughter.”

“He doubled over the sheet of paper and wrote something on the back.”

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