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Posted: **Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:01 pm**

"He did a double take and his eyes bugged out."
I wonder what this 'do a double take' means.
Thank you.

Posted: **Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:15 pm**

As I understand this, "take" means "view" in this expression. "To do a double take" is to look at something, then look away, and then look again because you don't believe or are very surprised by what you see.

Posted: **Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:30 pm**

Thank you very much, John.