double up
Example Sentences
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They also might mistakenly double up on a medication if a mail-order pharmacy switches generic manufacturers and a drug begins coming in a different-colored pill that appears to be a different prescription.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
As if on cue, stomach cramps made me double up.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025
“So if you have two of those, you double up on that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Ruben Amorim's team were able to sit deep, double up on Arsenal's right, and spread themselves across the width of the pitch without fear of being hit through the centre.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
“Did they accidentally double up the photographs? This looks like the same person.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
