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Dot Your I's and Cross Your T'sTo do something very carefullyRate it:

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double backTo retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.Rate it:

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double bassmusical instrumentRate it:

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double bookedOf a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.Rate it:

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double creamdairy productRate it:

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double decker busesVehiclesRate it:

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double dippingObtaining money from two sources at the same time. Dipping your food into a sauce, eating a portion of that food then re-dipping that food into the sauce.Rate it:

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double double, boil and troubleA song/chant/spell witches say while stirring a cauldron and throwing items in the cauldron to brew the spell, usually to put a curse on someone (or to take one off)Rate it:

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double downTo double one's wager.Rate it:

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double downTo double or significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment.Rate it:

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double dutchA game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.Rate it:

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double dutchA language game akin to pig Latin.Rate it:

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double dutchIncomprehensible language.Rate it:

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double dutchSex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.Rate it:

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double entendrePlural form of double entendre.Rate it:

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double entendreA phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo..Rate it:

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double or nothingStatement of bravado. Usually involving a risky or gambling choice to keep going or move forward. Can also be used as a version of: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. -If you don’t take a risk, you’ll not get any reward, if you don’t try something, you won’t get any gainRate it:

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double overTo bend over at the waist.Rate it:

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double rainbow babya term given to a child born after two miscarriages, stillbirths, or deaths.Rate it:

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double takerSomething causing someone to do a double takeRate it:

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double talkLying, especially in a formal political statement.Rate it:

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double talkSpeaking in a mixture of real English and English-sounding gibberish, for humorous effect.Rate it:

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double tapA tactical shooting technique of pulling the trigger of a weapon twice in quick succession to deliver two shots to the same target zone.Rate it:

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double upTo double the quantity, amount or duration of something.Rate it:

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double upAfter a fly ball has been caught.Rate it:

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double upTo have a secondary use.Rate it:

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double vertical lineThe typographical character ‖; a symbol composed of two closely spaced line-height vertical lines.Rate it:

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double vertical lineUsed other than as an idiom: see double, vertical, line.Rate it:

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double visiondiplopiaRate it:

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double whammya twofold blow or setback; a series of two events that cause adverse effectsRate it:

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double-edged swordUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see double-edged,‎ sword.Rate it:

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double-edged swordA benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.Rate it:

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double-edged swordA benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but not-so-obvious cost or risk.Rate it:

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double-tonguedSaying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.Rate it:

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double-upRequirement to sleep with another individual because of lack of sleeping accomodations.Rate it:

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far postThe goalpost furthest from where a cross is made.Rate it:

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franchir le Rubiconto cross the RubiconRate it:

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get acrossTo cross; to move from one side to the other, literally or figuratively.Rate it:

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get overcross, surmountRate it:

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Get Your GoatTo annoy someone or make him get cross badly, to arouse anger in someoneRate it:

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have more chins than a Chinese phone bookTo be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").Rate it:

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HE-double-hockey-sticksHell.Rate it:

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HE-double-LHell.Rate it:

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HE-double-toothpicksHell.Rate it:

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Hercules in trivio, in bivio, in compitisHercules at the cross-roads, between virtue and vice.Rate it:

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hot cross bunsgood friday cakesRate it:

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I've never heard it called that beforeUsed to draw attention to a possible double entendre in the immediately preceding utterance of another speaker.Rate it:

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il a l'esprit de traversHe has an awkward temper; He does not see things as they are; He is cross-grained.Rate it:

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il est d'une humeur massacranteHe is as cross as two sticks.Rate it:

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lose one's temperTo be explosively angry. To get very cross.Rate it:

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