at the double

Meaning

(military) In double time.

(soccer) scoring a brace
Arsenal 0 Barcelona 2: Messi at the double to down brave Gunners [1]

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Synonyms

presto quickly rapidly swiftly speedily apace briskly hotfoot sketchily double-quick fleetly like crazy like mad chop-chop like hell
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Antonyms

next heavily slowly afterward leisurely

Examples

I met a girl who works at the Double Tree front desk, she gave me her phone number. It's zero. I tried to call her from here and some other woman answered. I said "You sound older!" Mitch Hedberg

Words in the phrase

at the double

Close letter words and terms

at the dog star at the door at the door of at the double-quick at the drop of a dime at the drop of a hat