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double over

idiom
Meaning

To bend over deeply at the waist.


Examples
SIMPLE

The joke was so funny that I doubled over laughing.

CONTEXTUAL

He doubled over in pain after he accidentally kicked the heavy wooden table.

COMPLEX

The intense abdominal cramps forced the runner to double over on the track, gasping for air as the race continued around him.

Anchors to
Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    double back

    To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.

  2. 02

    double booked

    Of a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.

  3. 03

    double bookkeeping

    The tendency, among those who experience delusions, to perceive reality and the delusions as both being real, while remaining unbothered by the discrepancy or inconsistencies between the two.

  4. 04

    double in brass

    To perform two or more tasks within the same project or organization.

  5. 05

    double taker

    Something causing someone to do a double take.

  6. 06

    double tap

    A tactical shooting technique of pulling the trigger of a weapon twice in quick succession to deliver two shots to the same target zone.

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