double-quick
very quick or rapid.
in a very quick or rapid manner.
a very quick marching pace: double time.
to double-time.
Origin of double-quick
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How to use double-quick in a sentence
Wrote double quick, then galloped over to Kephalos to see the New Army, sub rosa.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonAnd, at double quick, the Guard rushed back to find it a false alarm and to see men laughing at them in the street.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.The brigade went down through the town accompanied by a battery, and joined the line, upon the double-quick.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.As the two ranks of soldiers tried to go on at the double quick, two or three hundred of the mob tried to follow at their heels.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants | H. Irving HancockSometimes they would carry him along in double quick march time, and anon halt, beyond all his power of budging.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge Hemyng
British Dictionary definitions for double-quick
very quick; rapid
in a very quick or rapid manner
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