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SEE DOUBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does see double mean?
• SEE DOUBLE (verb)
The verb SEE DOUBLE has 1 sense:
1. see things as if they were there twice
Familiarity information: SEE DOUBLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
See things as if they were there twice
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
After taking the drug, John saw double
Hypernyms (to "see double" is one way to...):
misperceive (perceive incorrectly)
"See double" entails doing...:
see (perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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