double-quick time
Example Sentences
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However, the hope engendered by Liverpool's loss actually seemed counter-productive for Arsenal, with nerves sweeping around the Emirates in double-quick time when an early breakthrough did not materialise.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024
There doesn't seem to be many thrills so this might be done in double-quick time.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024
If you want to feel well read in double-quick time, try Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering, which is set in a New York city tenement in the early days of the pandemic.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023
Having visited the trees again, this time on 14, he fails to get up and down from the back and that’s yet another stroke shed in double-quick time.
From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2020
“Do you know?” he enquired of Mary Poppins, who was whisking the crumbs off the table in double-quick time.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
