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
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
Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz didn’t have a chance to double up the speedy Ohtani, but he fired a throw toward first base anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2024
The tunnel was low-ceilinged: They had had to double up to move through it nearly four years previously; now there was nothing for it but to crawl.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
