Complete Definition of "double up"

English

Verb

infl|en|verb|head=to double up

  1. To double the quantity, amount or duration of something

#: I'm going to double up my enlistment.

  1. baseball To get the second out in a double play, typically referring to getting an out by beating a runner back to a base (often by throwing) after a fly ball has been caught

#: Jones snared the liner and then stepped on the bag to double up the runner.

Category:English phrasal verbs

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