double-time

verb

To march at double time.

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Meanings

verbdouble-time (third-person singular simple present double-times, present participle double-timing, simple past and past participle double-timed)

present singular third person double-times · participle present double-timing · participle past double-timed · past double-timed · alternative doubletime

  1. intransitivegovernmentTo march at double time.
  2. transitivegovernmentTo order troops to march at double time.

    […]after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns.

    1954, Russell A. Gugeler, “Combat Actions in Korea”, in CMH Publication 30-2, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2006
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APA

double-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-time

MLA

“double-time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-time. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double-time,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-time.

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