double

Topic: BASEBALL

double
3 verb

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1 [intransitive and transitive] to become twice as big or twice as much, or to make something twice as big or twice as much

double in size/number/value etc

Within two years the company had doubled in size.

The church has doubled its membership in the last five years.

double the size/number/amount etc (of something)

A promise was given to double the number of police on duty.

2 [transitive] also double over/up to fold something in half:

Take a sheet of paper and double it over.

3 [intransitive]DSB to hit the ball far enough to get to second base in a game of baseball

phrasal verb

to have a second use, job, or purpose as a particular thing:

The school doubled as a hospital during the war.

phrasal verb

to turn around and go back the way you have come:

The driver doubled back and headed for Howard Bay.

double back on yourself

We kept getting lost and having to double back on ourselves.

phrasal verb

1 also double over to suddenly bend over at the waist because you are laughing so much or are in pain:

Emilio doubled over, grabbing his leg.

be doubled up/over with laughter/pain etc

Both the girls were doubled up with laughter.

2 to share something, especially a bedroom

double up with

You'll have to double up with Susie while your aunt is here.

Definition of double from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic BASEBALL

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