two-time

American  

[too-tahym] / ˈtuˌtaɪm /

verb (used with object)

Informal.

• two-times,
  present (3rd person singular)
• two-timed,
  past participle,  past
• two-timing
  present participle

1. to be unfaithful to (a lover or spouse).

2. to double-cross.

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two-time British  

verb

1. informal to deceive (someone, esp a lover) by carrying on a relationship with another

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• two-timer
  noun

Inflected Forms

Participles

• two-timing
  present
• two-timed
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• two-time
  simple
• two-times
  simple
• have two-timed
  perfect
• has two-timed
  perfect
• am two-timing
  progressive
• are two-timing
  progressive
• is two-timing
  progressive
• have been two-timing
  perfect progressive
• has been two-timing
  perfect progressive

Past

• two-timed
  simple
• had two-timed
  perfect
• was two-timing
  progressive
• were two-timing
  progressive
• had been two-timing
  perfect progressive

Future

• will two-time
  simple
• will have two-timed
  perfect
• will be two-timing
  progressive
• will have been two-timing
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of two-time

First recorded in 1925–30

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Example Sentences

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That includes two-time NFL defensive player of the year Myles Garrett, who pedaled away on the sideline stationary bike, and could return to action as soon as this week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

At the start of this year, Zverev was already an Olympic champion, two-time winner of the season-ending ATP Finals and a former world number two who had appeared in three Grand Slam finals.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The two-time MVP, who spent his entire 20-year career in Milwaukee, told Yelich to accept—and implored him to do the one thing not even he was able to do with the Brewers: win a championship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

A two-time Super Bowl champion, one-time NFL defensive player of the year and a 2011 inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Sanders became Colorado’s head coach in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

"He's older, and he's a two-time loser. You're a kid. They won't do much to you. I'm betting on probation. You'll get off, and then move on with the rest of your life."

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

A common rule of thumb says to buy builders at one-times book value and sell at two-times.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

TD Cowen’s Steven Green says in a report that the stream is valued at roughly two-times the net asset value, calling the terms “attractive” given his estimated NAV 5% of $327 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

Still, employees with at least three months of emergency savings report financial well-being scores that are two-times higher, Fidelity said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025

But the day ended badly for all Wales fans as the team failed to reproduce the form which saw them crush two-times champions Australia earlier in the tournament.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2023

Matilda stood up and began to say the two-times table.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

The first time she landed a pilot — the first time she was ever on a series set — was as poor, frumpy, unwitting, two-timed yet unsinkable Martha Hanson on FX’s acclaimed “The Americans.”

From Washington Post ● May 2, 2017

“Ring the alarm,” Beyoncé once sang of being two-timed, before enumerating the stuff of hers this other woman would never touch.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2016

"I was being two-timed for one of the lesser Spices?"

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2015

But although he admits he two-timed almost all his exes, they all still talk to him, except for actor Britt Ekland, who "bloody hates" him.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2012

Doug always detested Reggie and only ended up the owner of the sweet pup to spite his ex-girlfriend, who loved the dog but learned to hate the two-timing Doug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

Rage is at the center of “Dinner in America,” a film by Adam Rehmeier in which the central characters are at odds with the police, bank tellers, their parents, two-timing bosses and bullying jocks.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

Even as things fall apart, when the romantic hero who’s been wooing sweet, oblivious Giselle turns out to be a two-timing duke in disguise, there’s little disruption in the gentle quality of this production.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022

His campaign for student body president saw two-timing, backstabbing, and the occasional dose of advice from his beloved mother, played by Gwyneth Paltrow.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2020

“So, what, you just hang out with your ex-boyfriend after school? Does he even know about me? Are you two-timing both of us?”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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