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double stopping |
double take |
double talk |
double time |
double tongue |
double up
| double vision
| double-barreled
| double-barrelled
| double-bass
| double-bedded
double up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb double up has 3 senses
- double up(v = verb.motion) double, double over - bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently" is one way to bend, flex
- double up(v = verb.possession) Array - share a room or a bed designed for only one person; Array is one way to share
- double up(v = verb.competition) parlay - stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager; Array is one way to back, bet on, gage, game, punt, stake
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Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s on something
ROGET THESAURUS
double up
Impotence
VB be impotent, not have a leg to stand on, vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou, vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents, collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop, go by the board, go by the wayside, go up in smoke, end in smoke, render powerless, deprive of power, disable, disenable, disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands, double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of, throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote, ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns, take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel, break the neck, break the back, unhinge, unfit, put out of gear, unman, unnerve, enervate, emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix, shatter, exhaust, weaken.
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