double as
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It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.
Please nothing, she's a vicious piranha. She looks all cute and cuddly, then she opens that mouth and lets loose so much venom she could double as a nest of scorpions. (Leo)
What would you give someone who likes to play the piano?” "A piano.” "Simon.” "A really huge metronome that could also double as a weapon?
In default of bow or lance, they chase with the fusil, but seldom so successfully as with the former weapons. The Americans generally prefer 'running' with the horseman's pistol; yet the Indian is apt to kill double as many with his arrows or lance.