double quick
Definition
- Adverb:
- At a very fast speed; extremely quickly: "double quick" describes performing an action with great haste or urgency, often implying a speed twice as fast as normal.
Usage
- "Double quick" is used to modify verbs, emphasizing that an action should be done with extreme and immediate speed. It often carries a tone of urgency or command.
Examples
- Adverb:
- The sergeant ordered the troops to move double quick.
- We need to finish this report double quick before the meeting starts.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often associated with military commands but is used in general contexts to convey urgency.
- It can be hyphenated as "double-quick" when used as an adjective before a noun, though the adverbial form is more common.
- We made a double-quick decision. (Adjective use)
Variants and Related Words
- Double-quick (adjective): Done or occurring very rapidly.
- It was a double-quick response to the crisis.
Synonyms
- Very quickly
- At top speed
- Posthaste
- With all haste
Related Phrases
- In double-quick time: A common phrase meaning in a very short period.
- She completed the task in double-quick time.
Adverb
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at a faster speed
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now let's play the piece again double-quick
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