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double-quick
[ adjective adverb duhb-uhl-kwik; noun verb duhb-uhl-kwik ]
adjective
- very quick or rapid.
adverb
- in a very quick or rapid manner.
noun
- a very quick marching pace: double time.
verb (used with or without object)
- to double-time.
double-quick
adjective
- very quick; rapid
adverb
- in a very quick or rapid manner
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Word History and Origins
Origin of double-quick1
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Example Sentences
Wrote double quick, then galloped over to Kephalos to see the New Army, sub rosa.
And, at double quick, the Guard rushed back to find it a false alarm and to see men laughing at them in the street.
The brigade went down through the town accompanied by a battery, and joined the line, upon the double-quick.
As the two ranks of soldiers tried to go on at the double quick, two or three hundred of the mob tried to follow at their heels.
Sometimes they would carry him along in double quick march time, and anon halt, beyond all his power of budging.
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