DOUBLE-TAKE


Meaning of DOUBLE-TAKE in English

(~s)

If you do a ~ when you see or hear something strange or surprising, you hesitate for a moment before reacting to it because you wonder if you really saw or heard it.

I did a ~ when I saw her dressed in biker’s gear.

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