Meaning of double-team | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
   transitive
2. To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.
   broadly, transitive
3. To double penetrate someone.
   slang, transitive
4. To gang up on someone, as a group of two.
   slang, transitive

Examples

“On any given night, Pivotman Macauley was good for at least 18 points a game. But because L.I.U. double-teamed him (he had two men guarding him), he didn't bother to shoot much.”

“Obama . . . accused the Clintons of double-teaming him on the campaign trail. "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes," he said.”

“Movie buffs will love this costume from Beetlejuice. And even if you don't have someone to double team this look with, each costume can easily slay on its own.”

“2015, Double Lucky. Jackie Collins. 2015. He and M.J. had double-teamed her—with her consent—on a drunken prom night.”

“one day they double-teamed her into a closet and threatened to lock her in if she didn't show them her privates.”

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