Usually means: Quickly, with increased speed, urgency.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. on the double: Merriam-Webster
  2. on the double: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. on the double: Collins English Dictionary
  4. on the double: Wiktionary
  5. on the double: Dictionary.com
  6. On the Double (album), On the Double (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. On the Double: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. On the Double: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. On the Double: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. On the Double: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the double: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the double: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (On the Double)

noun:  a 1961 comedy film, directed by Melville Shavelson, who also wrote the screenplay with Jack Rose.
noun:  a double album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1969.

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