Meaning:
Noticing something so peculiar that you have to check it twice to make sure what you saw was real.
Examples:
- So where would his Santa double take him?
- Elijah did a double take and then reflexively dashed toward the princess.
- The effect definitely causes a double take!
- It's always kind of doing a double take: "What?"
- I want every boy at school to do a double take when you strut past.
- Then you have this double take and see that it's actually something that existed in time.
- Every time I see you sitting at this table, I do a double take.
- After seeing a picture of Perez-Lopez at a vigil, Father Richard remembers doing a double take.
- When I walked in, he looked at me, and he looked away, and he did a double take.
- You might do a You mental double take but silk is the best sheet for both image and function that will amaze you.