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see double
Idioms and Phrases
See two images of one object, either as an illusion or owing to some visual aberration, especially one caused by intoxication. For example, Those twins look so much alike they make me think I'm seeing double , or One more drink and I'll be seeing double . This idiom was first recorded in 1628.Example Sentences
It's a problem for people who see double digit increases and think they'll come for perpetuity.
I never could quite figure it out, but there seems to be something about a fish that makes even a cold-water deacon see double.
He had a good heart; but fear of the English dazzled him, and where they were concerned caused him to see double.
You cannot, if you would, be blind to the signs of the times, when such opportunity is offered to see double.
It is common also on old plants in poor soils to see double and single flowers from the same root.
Such a knowledge could only bewilder you as to the right way to take—would make you see double instead of single.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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