double date
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2.8
- noun
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- Want to go on a double date with me?
- go on a double date
- double date with my boyfriend
- blind double date
So they set up double dates, but every single double date starts going a little bit wonky.
- So they set up double dates, but every single double date starts going a little bit wonky.
- We go on double dates and they always end up not working out.
- And I also really hope that you guys do that double date that you talked about on the podcast.
- I'd request a double date and bring someone older than her dad.
- Wait, what did you do you it was a set as a double date set up.
Examples
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Hey, if you're gonna be free tonight, want to go on a double date?
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I remember we went on a double date in high school.
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And this is a little double date, so it's going to be fun.
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Look, I can set up a double date tonight.
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What do you think, we're on, like, a double date or something?
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Uh... l was thinking we should all go on a double date or something.
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Hey, it's our first double date, huh?
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We should go out on a double date.
Fiction book (2000) -
You're going on a double date, with Morgan.
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My friends and I are excited about our double date at the new restaurant this weekend.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an occasion on which two couples go out together' is directly derivable from combining 'double' (twofold) with 'date' (a social/romantic meeting). This adj+noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and would be readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents (context may only be needed to disambiguate minor interpretations).
Etymology
The noun double date comes from the simple image of two dates happening at once, a double 'date'. That's why it means an occasion when 'two couples' go out together.