"on the double" meaning in English

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          "text": "Fortunately, help arrived on the double, and the victim's injuries were soon treated."
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        {
          "ref": "1963, “My Boyfriend's Back”, in My Boyfriend's Back, performed by The Angels",
          "text": "My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble. / You see him comin'; better cut out on the double.",
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          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Therum",
          "text": "Liara: We have to hurry. The whole place is caving in!\nShepard: Joker! Get the Normandy airbone and lock in on my signal. On the double, mister!",
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        "Rapidly or immediately."
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        "(idiomatic) Rapidly or immediately."
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          "word": "at the double"
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          "word": "double-quick"
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          "word": "double time"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
          "word": "in looppas"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
          "word": "tuplavauhtia"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
          "word": "au pas de course"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "trochádin",
          "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
          "word": "τροχάδην"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
          "word": "eins og skot"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
          "word": "ar sodar"
        },
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          "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
          "word": "w biegu"
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          "text": "Fortunately, help arrived on the double, and the victim's injuries were soon treated."
        },
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          "text": "My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble. / You see him comin'; better cut out on the double.",
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        "Rapidly or immediately."
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
      "word": "in looppas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
      "word": "tuplavauhtia"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
      "word": "au pas de course"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "trochádin",
      "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
      "word": "τροχάδην"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
      "word": "eins og skot"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
      "word": "ar sodar"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rapidly or immediately",
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  "word": "on the double"
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