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doubles off

doubles off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of double off.

Meaning of double off

Verb

double off (third-person singular simple present doubles off, present participle doubling off, simple past and past participle doubled off)

  1. (transitive) After a fly ball is caught, to tag the base (a runner) was on at the time of the pitch, thereby causing them to be out for failure to tag up.
    • The fielder doubled the runner off for the second out.

Questions about doubles off

What is doubles off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Doubles off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of double off.

Words near doubles off in the dictionary

  1. doubles down
  2. doubles entendres
  3. doubles in brass
  4. doubles net
  5. doubles nets
  6. doubles off
  7. doubles over
  8. doubles up
  9. doubles-down
  10. doublesex
  11. doublesome

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