That bright red car is a real double taker.
double taker
idiomSomething causing someone to do a double take.
Origin
disputed originFrom double take + -er.
Her unusual outfit was such a double taker that people stopped walking to stare as she passed.
The architect designed the building with such strange, gravity-defying angles that it became an instant double taker for every passerby in the city.
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double back
To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
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double booked
Of a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.
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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.
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double in brass
To perform two or more tasks within the same project or organization.
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double over
To bend over deeply at the waist.
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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.