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DOUBLE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does double up mean?
• DOUBLE UP (verb)
The verb DOUBLE UP has 3 senses:
1. bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
2. share a room or a bed designed for only one person
3. stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager
Familiarity information: DOUBLE UP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
double; double over; double up
Context example:
He doubled and vomited violently
Hypernyms (to "double up" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Share a room or a bed designed for only one person
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "double up" is one way to...):
share (use jointly or in common)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
double up; parlay
Hypernyms (to "double up" is one way to...):
back; bet on; gage; game; punt; stake (place a bet on)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s on something
Context examples
When the dry cough take hold of them hard, they hold their hands against their stomach and double up in the snow, and cough, and cough, and cough. They cannot walk, they cannot talk.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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