"double over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-double over.ogg Forms: doubles over [present, singular, third-person], doubling over [participle, present], doubled over [participle, past], doubled over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} double over (third-person singular simple present doubles over, present participle doubling over, simple past and past participle doubled over)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To bend over deeply at the waist. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: double up, buckle over Hypernyms: bend over
    Sense id: en-double_over-en-verb-H9e4s6yC Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (transitive, of paper, fabric, etc.) To fold in half. Tags: transitive, usually
    Sense id: en-double_over-en-verb-cBDeu-bA

Inflected forms

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