4double adverb
1 : two times as many or as much
▪ The last question on the exam counts double. [=is worth twice as many points] ▪ I was charged/billed double. [=twice the usual amount] 2 : two times — usually used in combination ▪ I was double-charged/billed. [=I was charged/billed twice for the same product or service]
▪ The last question on the exam counts double. [=is worth twice as many points] ▪ I was charged/billed double. [=twice the usual amount]
bend double
: to fold in the middle.
▪ I held on tight as my fishing rod bent double. ▪ He bent double [=doubled over] in pain. ◊Bend double is used more frequently in British English than in U.S. English.
▪ I held on tight as my fishing rod bent double. ▪ He bent double [=doubled over] in pain. ◊Bend double is used more frequently in British English than in U.S. English.
see double
: to see two things when only one thing is present
▪ As her eyesight got worse, she began seeing double.
▪ As her eyesight got worse, she began seeing double.
that goes double for
informal — used to say that something you have just said about one person or thing relates even more strongly to another ▪ You're in trouble, Steven. And that goes double for you, John. [=you, John, are in even more trouble than Steven]
