Double-time
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Double-time is a verb meaning (intransitive, military) To march at double time.
Meaning
(intransitive, military) To march at double time.
More Meanings
- (transitive, military) To order troops to march at double time.
Example Sentences
[…]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.
Word Forms
- double-times
- double-timing
- double-timed
- doubletime
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include double, double-quick, two-time, double-team, double-shuffle, march.
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