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double date

A date that two couples go on together. My best friend and I are going on a double date this weekend, in the hopes that our boyfriends will get to know each other better.

double date

A social engagement in which two couples go together, as in They went on a double date with her brother and his girlfriend. [c. 1920]

See also: date, double

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.

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So when it comes to the idea of going out on double dates with him, it's a big no-no.

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Boyfriends calling all hours of the day and night, With female visitors never in sight, Surely she must have female mates, If only to chat to, go shopping and share double dates.

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A so-called insider alleged that there would soon be "double dates with George, wife Amal and Brad and Jen."

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of Ja "It will certainly be one of the most high-profile double dates the country will ever have seen.

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The real estate heir, who is accused of having fathered babies with Lisa Kerkorian and actress Elizabeth Hurley, went on double dates with the Barbis and actor Judd Neslon.

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All my BFFs go out on double dates or group dates, and don't ask me to join them because I don't have a BF.

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While it's easy to see a story here (nervous puppet-boy could be watching for the arrival of their double dates, for instance), the implied narrative is rarely central in these paintings.

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They just switched to double dates with my new girlfriend and me.

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We look forward to lots of double dates in the future!"

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Whilst talking about Ferrera, Tamblyn said that she was one of three people to speak at her wedding and she was of her best friends, adding that they go on double dates, all the time to an irritating point and she was not sure who she was closer with.

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I just can't stand my hubby's best mate, bt he's always pressuring me 2 go on double dates with him & his wife.

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.IN sunny Los Angeles they're often papped on double dates with the Cruises, little Tom and Katie, and with chef Gordon Ramsay and his missus Tana.

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"Joc and Karlie go on double dates," the synopsis for "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" Season 6, episode 5 also says.

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The couples have been seen on double dates and even partied into the early hours at London's Rum Kitchen in March.