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do a double take
Idioms and Phrases
see double take .Example Sentences
My parents and I do a double take.
Paul Goodwin, co-founder of the Scottish Football Supporters Association, told the BBC he had to do a "double take" on the date of the Foreign Office advice, to make sure it was not an early April Fools' story.
Those who know Simon Baker only as the sleek title character on the TV series “The Mentalist” might do a double take when they discover his Travis, a stern detective sent out to close a 20-year-old cold case in Ivan Sen’s “Limbo.”
Another digitally altered photo of the royal family is making news and photo agencies do a double take.
But Galitzine’s daffy line readings keep making you do a double take.
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