double figures

noun

double figures

noun
1

Of a number composed of two digits, i.e. between 10 and 99.

  • The winger reached double figures for the season with a clinical hat-trick to send Claudio Ranieri’s team back to the top of the tree, strengthening their case to be this year’s Christmas No 1.2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London):
Synonyms
double digits
Related terms
double-figure

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