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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
- Last year, Strathclyde Police found youth street gangs were arming themselves with an arsenal of household utensils which double up as weapons.
- My school encourages us to take bio, then chem, then physics, but because of our term system we can double up on sciences.
- Whilst in Britain a paper round is done by spotty 13 yr old kids before school, here it is a proper job and the delivery guys also double up by delivering goods during the days.
- 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
- Terry will have to double up with Bill in the front bedroom.
- The lids of the casserole dishes are designed to double up as baking dishes.
- It will also offer 11 mother-and-toddler spaces and 16 coach spaces, which could double up as an overflow park for a further 50 cars.
- You'll have to double up with Susie while your aunt is here.
- We've only got one room left; you'll have to double up with Peter.
- Double up the quantities and use a larger pan to make this for two. Times, Sunday Times
