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doubling off

doubling off is the present participle and gerund 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 doubling off

What is doubling off the present participle and gerund of?
Doubling off is the present participle and gerund of double off.

Words near doubling off in the dictionary

  1. doubling cubes
  2. doubling dice
  3. doubling die
  4. doubling down
  5. doubling in brass
  6. doubling off
  7. doubling over
  8. doubling time
  9. doubling times
  10. doubling up
  11. doubling-down

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