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to double-date

to double-date

3 3.9
To go out with your partner and another couple
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈdʌbəl deɪt/
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  • Are you interested in double-dating with us next Friday?
  • double-date night

Examples

  • We used to double-date with him until I couldn't take it anymore.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Yeah, no, they wanted to do, like, a double-date thing, you know?

    Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps (2025)

  • Couldn't we double date with someone?

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Well, I thought that maybe we could double-date sometime.

    Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

  • They were double-dating with Pam and her boyfriend, so what could possibly go wrong?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Let's go out this weekend and double-date with Mark and Lucy.

  • I had a great time when we double-dated at the new restaurant.

Surface Forms

double-date infinitive
double-dated past
double-dated past participle
double-dating present participle
double-dates third person singular

Morphology

double-date = double + date (transparent) = double + date

The meaning is directly built from 'double' (twofold) + 'date' (a social meeting), so learners can infer 'to go on a date with another couple'.

Etymology

Double-date joins double meaning 'two' and date meaning 'a romantic meeting', so it is like a 'two' version of a date. So a double-date is when two couples go out together.