Driven by passion, Kennedy became a "pragmatic idealist" who, midway through his only term as senator from New York, had become "twice the senator and reformer" that his brother John had been
ADVERB
1Two times; on two occasions:the earl married twicethe tablets should be taken twice a day
1.1Double in degree or quantity:I’m twice your agean engine twice as big as the original
Phrases
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be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
Be much better or stronger (than someone):how dare you criticize him, he’s twice the man that you are!
Origin
Late Old English twiges, from the base of
two + -s3 (later respelled
-ce to denote the unvoiced sound); compare with
once.
think twice (before doing something)
to consider carefully whether one should do something; to be cautious about doing something. You should think twice before quittingyour job. That's a serious decision, and you should certainly think twice.
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