double quick

Extra fast. Primarily heard in UK. We need to move double quick if we're going to have any chance of making this flight.

ˌdouble ˈquick

(British English, informal) very quick(ly): If the machine starts making a hissing noise, then turn it off double quick.

See also: double, quick

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7-acre Double Quick Plaza/Otter Creek Business Park at 11701 Interstate 30, owned by the Alley brothers.

Alley funding

DOUBLE QUICK Hundreds rush to use the Bank of Scotland ATM as it pays out too much

IN CASH CUSTOMERS

Time for Achy Breaky dad Billy-Ray to have a word, stage an intervention and maybe open his little girl an account at Victoria's Secret double quick before she gets over-exposed.

dressed in thedark

Chances are they'll soon be arriving double quick by special delivery, albeit 60 years late.

Victory at last; RecordView

A gentleman from the garage came over and changed the wheel for me - including finding the locking wheel nut - in double quick time (or at least much faster than I would have been able to) and we made it to the concert on time.

A big thank you; Your say

Asking 'em to say 'Frying fresh fish from sustainable resources' quickly will teach some important reading skills in double quick time

HARBORNE FISH BAR, WAR LANE, HARBORNE; CheapAsChips

I feel sure that this would concentrate his mind in double quick time.

Letter: Chief executive isn't living in real world

Despite their poor run, Hull are seven points off the dropzone, but insuchatight division that lead could go in double quick time.

FEELGOOD FOCTOR

Let us hope for some encouraging news on many of the walking wounded double quick.

Famine to feast

Without midfielder Mike Garrity, defender James Glendenning and striker Anthony Wright through suspension and defenders Carl Spellman and Mike Tomlinson, plus striker Karl O'Donnell, through injury, Motors took just 84 seconds to give notice of their intentions, as new signing Sam McNutt played in returned striker Leighton McGivern to fire them ahead in double quick time.

Football: Non League: Motors defy critics with flying start; VAUXHALL MOTORS

2-acre Double Quick Plaza development at 3820 Camp Robinson Road previously was tied to a September 1999 mortgage of $1.

Guard loan

One of only a handful of companies in the UK to have gained certification under the TickIT scheme, which applies particularly to software development, Kalamazoo has passed the stringent quality audit in double quick time.

e-business: Quality at the double

ENGLAND wrapped up the first Test against Pakistan in double quick time, winning by an innings and nine runs, but the bookmakers know they face a stiffer task against Australia in the summer.

Cricket: England rout fails to impress Ashes layers

And if the Three Lions manager can keep his lucky streak on track, he will have the plane tickets for Brazil 2014 booked in double quick time.