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do a double take
do a double take
to react with surprise; to have to look twice to make sure that one really saw correctly. When the boy led a goat into the park, everyone did a double take. When the nurse saw that the man had six toes, she did a double take.
do a double take
to look at something or someone twice because you are so surprised at what you have seen He walked past her and she did a double take. Without his beard he was quite transformed.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Sellers | | ['seləz] | |
Lakshmi | | LUKSH-mee (Hinduism) | Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi |
Engelbert | | ENG-el-bert (German) | German, Ancient Germanic |
Lovett | | ['lʌvit] | |
Alla | | AHL-lah | Russian, Ukrainian |
Celestine | | ['selistin] | |