to double upon

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to double upon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Double \Dou"ble\, v. i.
     1. To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity,
        length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much.
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              'T is observed in particular nations, that within
              the space of three hundred years, notwithstanding
              all casualties, the number of men doubles. --T.
                                                    Burnet.
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     2. To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the
        same ground, or in an opposite direction.
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              Doubling and turning like a hunted hare. --Dryden.
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              Doubling and doubling with laborious walk.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     3. To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.
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              What penalty and danger you accrue,
              If you be found to double.            --J. Webster.
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     4. (Print.) To set up a word or words a second time by
        mistake; to make a doublet.
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     To double upon (Mil.), to inclose between two fires.
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