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double-time

double-time verb: to march at double time.

Verb

double-time (third-person singular simple present double-times, present participle double-timing, simple past and past participle double-timed)

  1. (intransitive) To march at double time.
  2. (transitive) To order troops to march at double time.
    • […]after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns.1954, Russell A. Gugeler, “Combat Actions in Korea”, in CMH Publication 30-2

Forms of double-time

third-person singular presentdouble-times
present participledouble-timing
past participledouble-timed
pastdouble-timed
alternative formdoubletime

Questions about double-time

What does double-time mean?
Double-time means to march at double time.
What part of speech is double-time?
Double-time is a verb.
What is the past tense of double-time?
The past tense of double-time is double-timed.

Words near double-time in the dictionary

  1. double-text
  2. double-texted
  3. double-texting
  4. double-texts
  5. double-threaded
  6. double-time
  7. double-timed
  8. double-times
  9. double-timing
  10. double-tongue
  11. double-tongued

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