buddy system

noun

(in swimming and scuba diving) the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety.
any arrangement whereby two or more persons, teams, etc., watch out for each other, as with mountain climbers.

First recorded in 1940–45

Although he enjoys hunting by himself, Hardinge says the buddy system is always good practice.

In those bygone days before cell phones, they had to rely on an elaborate “buddy system,” a telephone tree, and pay phones.

At least that show is designed to look like that good old-fashioned Lethal Weapon ebony-and-ivory buddy system.

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