Verb (used with object) : double-time the troops to the mess hall. From Dictionary.com.
Banister scurried out the hatch, double-time quick. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
They just walked, double-time now, toward the fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Day That Changed America] Reference
No. Blood pumped double-time through her entire body. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Pursuit]
It's Sunday, though, and I can't pass up double-time. From Wordnik.com. [Football and Knots] Reference
Looks like we need to double-time her potty training. From Wordnik.com. [Ten 21 month milestones | Thingamababy] Reference
Are the Labour Party paying you double-time and a half?. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
The book has to work double-time to regain your approval. From Wordnik.com. [The Top 7 External Impediments to an Enjoyable Reading Experience] Reference
The Sivaks marched afterward in heel-pounding double-time. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons at War]
If we work a Holiday, we get double-time and a day of later. From Wordnik.com. [mrbradley Diary Entry] Reference
Just to make it interesting, sometimes she'd strike in double-time. From Wordnik.com. [EROTICA: SARTRE - CaraMia by Tamara A. Adrine-Davis] Reference
We helped put them into power, and karma is happening on double-time. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ‘Congress must stop an attack on Iran.’] Reference
He marched us double-time to our first class and left us at the door. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
"Whoa there," I said, as we walked double-time down a tree-lined path. From Wordnik.com. ["Shallow Throat": Do Dems Have a Death-Wish?] Reference
Her heart skipped several beats, then restarted, pounding double-time. From Wordnik.com. [The crush]
We've got to work double-time to demand a more adult look at the issues. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: McCain Now Leading Obama Among Independents] Reference
"We've got to work double-time to demand a more adult look at the issues.". From Wordnik.com. [Poll: McCain Now Leading Obama Among Independents] Reference
A day playing hooky costs the double-time effort of catching up the next day. From Wordnik.com. [Facing the Real Costs of Doing Business] Reference
Her heart thumped double-time in automatic reaction to his striking presence. From Wordnik.com. [Undercover Vows]
Guys up close started working double-time, dragging stuff off the pack animals. From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
But I agree with what others have said, that descriptions can work double-time. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary » The Element of Style » Print] Reference
'You can charge me double-time,' I promised, 'if you watch Surtees all weekend.'. From Wordnik.com. [They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff] Reference
If I'd still had any sweat glands they'd have been working double-time right now. From Wordnik.com. [Dabbling Around Trinary] Reference
Short and stocky, the older man had to walk nearly double-time to keep up with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Otherworld]
If we had unions that worked well, they'd negotiate double-time pay for meeting time. From Wordnik.com. [Annoy a Liberal. Drive like an idiot.] Reference
"They left the swamp double-time and caught up to us about a mile back," Arrons replied. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Of Honor]
The deputies left the courtyard at a double-time pace, accompanied by Lemparius's curses. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Fearless]
Content: The usual bluster, spit in the usual ways except for Hova, who goes double-time. From Wordnik.com. [Riffs: Britney vs. Kanye/Jay-Z: The final showdown] Reference
Spacey synths and staccato drums set the perfect pocket for Dizzee's double-time English. From Wordnik.com. [Reviews: Personal Days, PBS' Iraq-Bound Carrier, Rapper Dizzee Rascal] Reference
But as it was crystallizing, the drummer forgot to change to double-time during the bridge!. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall online - latest Fall News] Reference
I think he shat this mornin 'and there wasnae a muscle in it, so he'll be doin' double-time. From Wordnik.com. [Boiling a Frog]
And working part-time at "60 Minutes" is like working double-time at almost any other place. From Wordnik.com. [Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three Accomplished Women] Reference
With Stephen, it's contractual -- he would get paid double-time if I asked him to blog today. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: June 2006 Archives] Reference
Build this and I reckon you'll have Bill and Steve coming knocking on your door in double-time flat. From Wordnik.com. [2006 March « Squash] Reference
Third, we are working double-time on solutions to the usability issues described here and elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 1/25/2007 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
Holiday weekend or no, money gushed, warehouses opened, carriers flew, and workers gleefully drew double-time pay. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
ESPN. com and USA TODAY. com also listed his contract purchased on Sunday (does that mean he gets paid double-time?). From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Covering all the angles at the deadline] Reference
As far as double-time suit jumps were concerned, the surface of DS9 was one of the more convenient locations to navigate. From Wordnik.com. [Time's Enemy]
She began to march double-time, her strides long, starting out at swift but easy pace until her muscles warmed to the exercise. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]
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