Double-time
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To march at double time. intransitive
- 2 To order troops to march at double time. transitive
"[…]after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns."
Example
More examples"[…]after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns."