Double

“to tip (or give) the DOUBLE ,” to run away from any person; to double back, turn short round upon one’s pursuers, and so escape, as a hare does.— Sporting. Double cro , a CROSS in which a man who has engaged to lose breaks his engagement, and “goes straight” at the last moment. This proceeding is called “doubling” or “putting the double on,” and is often productive of much excitement in athletic circles.— See CROSS .