double quick

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Definition
  1. 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
  1. at a faster speed
    • now let's play the piece again double-quick

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