double date

noun Informal.

a date on which two couples go together.

Origin:
1920–25

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verb (used without object)

to take part in a double date.

verb (used with object)

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]

Example sentences

Detach applicant's envelope, if present, and attach to the tax return without a double date stamp.

My prom, a friend convinces me to double date, and she wants to get ready at my house before the prom.

She wouldn't go out with him except on a double date.

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