Meaning of double up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To double the quantity, amount or duration of something
   transitive
2. To double one's amount of chips by winning an all-in pot.
   broadly, intransitive
3. To bend, bend over; to fold; to stoop.
   intransitive
4. To cause (someone) to bend over; to beat up (someone).
   transitive
5. To have a secondary use.
   intransitive
6. To get the second out in a double play, typically referring to getting an out by beating a runner back to a base (often by throwing) after a fly ball has been caught
   transitive
7. To employ double the usual resources for a particular purpose; to work in pairs.
   intransitive
8. To marry or live with someone; to share a living space.
   intransitive, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“I'm going to double up my enlistment.”

“Near-synonym: double over”

“'It is well, then, that we should be frank,' said the other. 'We both think more than we have said; let us make a clean breast. This masked figure that you saw, did you recognise it?' / 'Well, sir, it went so quick, and the creature was so doubled up, that I could hardly swear to that,' was the answer. 'But if you mean, was it Mr. Hyde?—why, yes, I think it was![…]'”

“If I could jump high enough out of the water to wedge my doubled-up fist in that crack I could hang by it. If I opened my hand I'd slide right back in the water, but if I could keep my fist closed […]”

“I doubled him up with a swift punch to the stomach.”

“This unfolding sofa doubles up as a bed.”

“A little fearfully now, Pollyanna felt her way to these bags, selected a nice fat soft one (it contained Miss Polly's sealskin coat) for a bed; and a thinner one to be doubled up for a pillow, and still another (which was so thin it seemed almost empty) for a covering.”

“Fikayo Tomori, the Chelsea defender, sang “championes, championes” with his winners’ medal swaying from side to side. For Joshua Onomah and Ainsley Maitland-Niles, England banners doubled up as celebratory bandanas.”

“Jones snared the liner and then stepped on the bag to double up the runner.”

“Tactically smart, Leeds' work-rate was also admirable, their players often doubling up on Everton's main threats like Marouane Fellaini, while Victor Anichibe found he had unwelcome, unstinting company throughout.”

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