double-time
1 of 2verb
dou·ble-time ˈdə-bəl-ˌtīm 
double-timed; double-timing; double-times
intransitive verb
: to move at double time
double time
2 of 2noun
1
: a marching cadence of 180 30-inch steps per minute
2
: payment of a worker at twice the regular wage rate
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2022 Jools takes it into double time in the middle really. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 5 June 2022 Triple-double time: Senior forward Torrey Patton has come close on a number of occasions to recording a rare triple-double for the Vikings this season. Joe Noga, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 So many entrepreneurs try to work in double time to grow their companies. Eric Fuller, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021 Understaffing across departments has meant working double time, not just providing care for patients but also doing the tasks of support staff. Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 In July, Southwest offered its flight attendants double time to pick up extra shifts. Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2021 Correctional officers make time and a half after one shift, and double time after two. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021 The piece, by Brooks, begins themelessly, with merely Brooks’s drum thunder, and Shaw leaps in to mesh with Brooks in a rhythm that shifts between—and even daringly intertwines—an extremely fast double time and a hefty, straight-ahead jaunt. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021 See More
Noun
Few people ever guessed that Sam was working double time. Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2022 Jools takes it into double time in the middle really. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 5 June 2022 Triple-double time: Senior forward Torrey Patton has come close on a number of occasions to recording a rare triple-double for the Vikings this season. Joe Noga, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 So many entrepreneurs try to work in double time to grow their companies. Eric Fuller, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021 Understaffing across departments has meant working double time, not just providing care for patients but also doing the tasks of support staff. Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 In July, Southwest offered its flight attendants double time to pick up extra shifts. Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2021 Correctional officers make time and a half after one shift, and double time after two. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021 The piece, by Brooks, begins themelessly, with merely Brooks’s drum thunder, and Shaw leaps in to mesh with Brooks in a rhythm that shifts between—and even daringly intertwines—an extremely fast double time and a hefty, straight-ahead jaunt. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
Verb
1943, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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- (I/I'll) tell you what
- (income) tax return
- (it's a) small world
- (it's) better (to be) safe than sorry
- (it's) no biggie
- (it) serves (someone) right
- (just) one of those days
- (let's) face it
- (like) water off a duck's back
- (many) happy returns
- (one's) age is catching up to one
- (only) time will tell
- (out) in/into the open
- (right) under someone's nose
- (right) up/down someone's alley
- (sitting) in the catbird seat
- (someone's) courage fails him/her
- (somewhere) in the region of
- (the right of) first refusal
- (the) back of beyond
- (the) cat has someone's tongue
- (the) crowd
- (the) deuce
- (the) goods