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do a double take



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see double take .
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My parents and I do a double take.

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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.

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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.”

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Another digitally altered photo of the royal family is making news and photo agencies do a double take.

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But Galitzine’s daffy line readings keep making you do a double take.

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