get into a huddle
To discuss something privately with a small or specific group of people. Likened to a huddle in American football, in which the offensive team gathers together before a play to discuss their plan. Go ahead and get into a huddle with your husband and decide if you want to submit a counter-offer. In that case, my group needs time to get into a huddle and come up with a new game plan. The headmaster wanted to get into a huddle with the board members before news of her illness leaked out.
go into a huddle
To discuss something privately with a small or specific group of people. Likened to a huddle in American football, in which the offensive team gathers together before a play to discuss their plan. Why don't you go into a huddle with your husband and decide if you want to submit a counter-offer? In that case, my group needs time to go into a huddle and come up with a new game plan. The headmaster wanted to go into a huddle with the board members before news of her illness leaked out.
huddle around (someone or something)
To come together around someone or something in a small or specific group. We huddled around the computer to watch the video. Come on, fellas, huddle around the coaches! We huddled around Grandma as she opened her birthday gifts.
huddle together
1. To come together in a small group. It was so cold that we had to huddle together for warmth while we waited to enter the stadium. Why are you three huddled together in the back of the classroom? You look like you're plotting something. I need you kids to huddle together so I don't lose anyone at the amusement park.
2. To bring people together in a small group. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "huddle" and "together." It was so cold that Dad huddled all of us together for warmth while we waited to enter the stadium. Huddle the interns together and set them up to work on this mailing. The coach huddled the penalty killers together to go over video from last night's game.
huddle up
1. To come together in a small or specific group, often to discuss something privately. Likened to a huddle in American football, in which the offensive team gathers together before a play to discuss their plan. Go ahead and huddle up with your husband and decide if you want to submit a counter-offer. Come on, fellas, huddle up with the coaches! Huddle up with the interns and get them working on this mailing.
2. To cause people to come together in a small or specific group. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "huddle" and "up." Can you huddle up everyone who's going on the next tour? It was so cold that Dad huddled all of us up for warmth while we waited to enter the stadium. Huddle the interns up and get them working on this mailing.
3. To bring the limbs in close to the body; to curl up. We huddled up together to try to keep warm. I pulled the blanket over me and huddled up to try to keep warm. My goodness, how adorable—the baby fell asleep huddled up in her playpen.
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go into a huddle
1. Lit. [for team members] to get into a small circle and plan what they are going to do next. They went into a huddle to plan their strategy. The players will go into a huddle and decide what to do.
2. . Fig. [for people] to group together to talk and decide what to do. We went into a huddle to plan our sales strategy. Top-level management needs to go into a huddle and come up with a good plan.
huddle around someone or something
to gather or bunch around someone or something. The girls huddled around Mary to hear what she had to say. The kids huddled around the cake and consumed it almost instantaneously.
huddle someone together
to bunch people together. The scoutmaster huddled the boys together to give them a pep talk. Let's huddle everyone together to keep warm.
huddle (up) (together)
to bunch up together. The children huddled up together to keep warm. They huddled up to keep warm. The newborn rabbits huddled together and squirmed hungrily.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
go into a huddle
Gather together privately to talk about or plan something, as in The attorneys went into a huddle with their client before asking the next question. Although huddle has been used since the 16th century in the sense of "a crowded mass of things," the current usage comes from football, where the team goes into a huddle to decide on the next play. [Mid-1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.