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

"He caused us huge problems because we were supposed to double up on him and it wasn't enough."

From BBC • Apr. 30, 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