All on the double synonyms
on the dou·ble
O o adverb on the double
- now — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- hurried — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
adj on the double
- chop chop — pidgin English for quickly
- chop-chop — with haste; quickly.
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- asap — asap is an abbreviation for 'as soon as possible'.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- hasty — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- fleet-footed — able to run fast.
- in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- like mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- like a bat out of hell — very fast
- double-quick — very quick or rapid.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- like crazy — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
adv on the double
- at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- instanter — immediately; at once.
- immediately — without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once: Please telephone him immediately.
- hereupon — upon or on this.
- fleetly — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
noun on the double
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
adjective on the double
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- fleet — an arm of the sea; inlet.
- expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
interjection on the double
- quickly — with speed; rapidly; very soon.