double-time en · VERB
Meanings
- (intransitive) To march at double time.
-
(transitive) To order troops to march at double time.
[…]after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns.
1954, Russell A. Gugeler, “Combat Actions in Korea”, in CMH Publication 30-2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| double-times | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| doubletime | alternative | lexicographic | |
| double-timed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| double-timed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| double-timing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |