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DOUBLE-QUICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does double-quick mean?
• DOUBLE-QUICK (adjective)
The adjective DOUBLE-QUICK has 1 sense:
1. (of a marching cadence) very quick
Familiarity information: DOUBLE-QUICK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a marching cadence) very quick
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Context examples
The worm will settle my business in double-quick time.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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