double-quick
- adjective
- /ˈdʌbəl kwɪk/
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doble rápido
- The drill sergeant shouted for the recruits to march double-quick during their training exercises.
Examples
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♪ Anyone takin' sick leave oughta be sure they're sick ♪ ♪ And every time you hear that bell ♪ ♪ You better get here double-quick ♪ ♪ And as for pimps.
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A deep column of bluecoats, their bayonets fixed, stormed up the Brock Road at the double-quick.
Fiction book (1992) -
Irish brigade, at the double-quick... ...forward march!
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At the double-quick, men!
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At the double-quick, boys!
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The corporal's double-quick faltered as the words reached him.
Fiction book (1992) -
At the double-quick!
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Double-quick, boys!
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The Northern men, their bayonets gleaming even in the uncertain light, upped their pace to double-quick.
Fiction book (1992) -
As soon as the whistle blew, the soldiers moved double-quick to the front line.
Synonyms
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1.0
Moving or happening quickly
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1.4
In a very short time
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1.0
Quickly and smoothly
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3.7
Very quickly and without delay
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4.9
A fast marching pace used by soldiers to move quickly
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3.2
Moving or working much faster than usual
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2.0
Happen very fast
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8.0
In a very quick way, like someone running fast
Very fast, without delay
Very quickly and in a hurry
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Double-quick joins double ('twice') and quick ('fast') and began as a marching order telling soldiers to move at twice the usual pace. So double-quick now means to do something very fast, as if you must be 'twice' as quick.