double date

double date

noun Informal.
a date on which two couples go together.

Origin:
1920–25

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dou·ble-date

[duhb-uhl-deyt] verb, dou·ble-dat·ed, dou·ble-dat·ing. Informal.
verb (used without object)
1.
to take part in a double date.
verb (used with object)
2.
to accompany (someone) on a double date: They double-dated the two sisters.

Origin:
1945–50
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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]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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