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tipping the double

tipping the double is the present participle and gerund of tip the double.

Meaning of tip the double

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.

Questions about tipping the double

What is tipping the double the present participle and gerund of?
Tipping the double is the present participle and gerund of tip the double.

Words near tipping the double in the dictionary

  1. tipping point
  2. tipping points
  3. tipping someone's velvet
  4. tipping the balance
  5. tipping the daddle
  6. tipping the double
  7. tipping the gaff
  8. tipping the scale
  9. tipping the scales
  10. tipping the wink
  11. tipping up

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