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Meanings of double quick in English

At a faster speed.

Synonyms
Examples for "double time"
Examples for "double time"
1
I could tell by the way his jaw started working double time.
An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in new england: a novel
2
Once in his kiak he made double time back to the wreck.
The Blue Envelope
3
A disengaged hand in double time is held as when without arms.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of ...
4
If executed in double time, leading squad marches double time until halted.
Military Instructors Manual
5
This signal is also used to execute quick time from double time.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of ...
Usage of double quick in English
1
It says to itself: right, let's get out of here double quick!
How the soldier repairs the gramophone
2
Rush the house double quick and pay no attention to his barking-
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
3
If the lords were ladies they'd vote him premier peer, double quick.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6
4
No sooner had we crossed than an order came to double quick.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
5
Kershaw and Simms, of our Division, were ordered back at double quick.
History of Kershaw's Brigade / With Complete Roll of Companies, ...
6
They paused, only to fire, and their double quick became a race.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
7
So back with you to your bullocks double quick; and learn your place.
Androcles and the Lion
8
As to the girl, she will disappear in double quick time.
Caught in the Net
9
With his file of men he came on the double quick.
The Unwilling Vestal
10
Together they forced the tramp to march double quick toward the old hotel.
The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
11
Now, I want you to get into that shack on the double quick.
The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
12
Eat up that piece of sausage double quick, if you value my friendship.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl
13
And it could have been much worse for the Gunners in double quick time.
The South African
14
So if you really do not mind, we will now do the double quick.
Idle Ideas in 1905
15
Brother Stewart took him at his word, and started off at a double quick.
The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
16
I'll find the late owner double quick, said Jem, with a somewhat brutal laugh.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
This collocation consists of:
Double quick through the time
Double quick across language varieties
United Kingdom
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