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DOUBLE OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does double over mean?
• DOUBLE OVER (verb)
The verb DOUBLE OVER has 1 sense:
1. bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
Familiarity information: DOUBLE OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
double; double over; double up
Context example:
He doubled and vomited violently
Hypernyms (to "double over" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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