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tip the double

tip the double verb: to bolt; to run away without paying.

Verb

tip the double (third-person singular simple present tips the double, present participle tipping the double, simple past and past participle tipped the double)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) To bolt; to run away without paying.

Forms of tip the double

third-person singular presenttips the double
present participletipping the double
past participletipped the double
pasttipped the double

Questions about tip the double

What does tip the double mean?
Tip the double means to bolt; to run away without paying.
What part of speech is tip the double?
Tip the double is a verb.
What is the past tense of tip the double?
The past tense of tip the double is tipped the double.

Words near tip the double in the dictionary

  1. tip shops
  2. tip someone's velvet
  3. tip the balance
  4. tip the can
  5. tip the daddle
  6. tip the double
  7. tip the gaff
  8. tip the scale
  9. tip the scales
  10. tip the scales at
  11. tip the wink

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