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dou·ble take
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Princeton's WordNet
double takenoun
a delayed reaction indicating surprise
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double takenoun
A take, commonly used as a comical reaction to a surprising sight, in which someone casually sees something, briefly stops looking at it, realizes what it is, and snaps attention back to it with an expression of surprise or disbelief.
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double take
A double take is a reaction where a person looks at something or someone, quickly looks away, and then looks back again in surprise or disbelief. It can also refer to an act of quickly reevaluating or reassessing a situation or information upon realizing it might not be as it first appeared.
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Double Take
Double Take is a 2001 comedy film starring Eddie Griffin and Orlando Jones. Double Take was inspired by the 1957 drama Across the Bridge, which was in turn based on a short story by Graham Greene; the supporting cast includes Edward Herrmann, Gary Grubbs, Garcelle Beauvais, and Daniel Roebuck.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of double take in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of double take in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of double take in a Sentence
Facial injuries are the worst because as humans, we speak to each other by looking at each others faces, anytime you have a facial disfigurement it causes people to do a double-take.
A month ago when we were approached with the idea to start up the trial, I really did a double take.
I couldn’t believe what I was looking at, I had to do a double take, i have seen a few smaller prints when out with friends, but nothing like this. I can no longer say that ‘archaeologists don’t do dinosaurs.’.
Jolie Bernal and Maliny Soukkhassem:
I kind of had to do a double-take because I actually could n’t believe there was a burglar in my car.
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- закъсняла реакцияBulgarian
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