double take

Example Sentences

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I did a kind of audio double take.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Hu observed the insects pausing briefly, almost as if doing a "double take," before gathering nearby.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Waitstaff do a double take at having to get change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Something in your column made me do a double take.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Later, in the hall between third and fourth periods, I saw Digger, and I know he saw me—because I watched him do a double take and then turn a complete one-eighty.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings