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bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
He doubled and vomited violently - stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager
- share a room or a bed designed for only one person
How To Use double up In A Sentence
- This recipe will make around six to eight pancakes - but be warned, you may want to double up as they get devoured pretty quickly! The Sun
- There were enough guitarists to double up on parts .
- The band are looking for a singer who can double up on guitar .
- The fullbacks and wingers simply double up on Arsenal's two wingers, leaving the Central defenders one task, marking the two strikers.
- This once great party continues to double up as a protest movement - and not a particularly effective one. Times, Sunday Times
- They laugh so hard they double up with laughter.
- I've read a fair bit about bigeneric hybrids in which colchicine is used to double up the chromosome number to produce a fertile plant - eg Tritcale.
- This once great party continues to double up as a protest movement - and not a particularly effective one. Times, Sunday Times
- At these times he would double up his efficiency by shutting off his propane and heating the bus with its own internal heating system while the battery charged.
- Because of the housing shortage, many couples had to double up in one tiny apartment.
