double time

US: (dub′əl tīm′)

Inflections of 'double time' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

double-times

v 3rd person singular

double-timing

v pres p

double-timed

v past

double-timed

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dou′ble time′, 

1. Military [U.S. Army.] the fastest rate of marching troops, a slow jog in which 180 paces, each of 3 ft. (0.9 m), are taken in a minute.
2. Military a slow run by troops in step.
3. Business a rate of overtime pay that is twice the regular wage rate.
• 1850–55

dou•ble-time  (dub′əl tīm′), v., -timed, -tim•ing. 
v.t. 

1. Military to cause to move in double time:
   Double-time the troops to the mess hall.

v.i. 

2. Military to move in double-time.

• 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

double time noun

1. a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
2. a time twice as fast as an earlier section
3. two beats per bar
4. a slow running pace, keeping in step
5. a fast march of 180 paces to the minute