double-book

verb

double-booked; double-booking; double-books

1

: to make plans for (someone or something) to be in two different places at the same time

My husband and I are double-booked for/on Friday night.

2

: to promise a room, seat, table, etc., to two different people or groups at the same time

The airline double-booked my seat.

Examples of double-book in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Major federal enforcement followed a Boston Globe Spotlight Team series in 2015 that revealed for the first time the controversy of double-booking patients for surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025

Where to watch:Peacock ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Weddings are double-booked at the same island inn venue for a devoted girl dad (Will Ferrell) marrying off his daughter (Geraldine Viswanathan) and a reality TV producer (Reese Witherspoon) planning a big day for her little sister (Meredith Hagner). —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025

When a reservation mishap leads to Jim’s daughter, Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan), and Margot’s sister, Neve (Meredith Hagner), being double-booked to marry at the same small island inn over the same weekend, Jim and Margot channel their anxieties into what escalates into a nuptial war. —Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025

The old lady’s replacement, played by Jack McBrayer, answers the phone and double-books the place. —Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2025

Margot and Jim don’t know each other at first, but their worlds soon collide as their respective wedding parties have been accidentally double-booked, forcing them to battle it out for the best ceremony — even fighting for that picture-perfect sunset moment. —Angel Saunders, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025

There’s just one problem: The idyllic island resort where both Jim and Margot made reservations accidentally double-booked, and the place isn’t big enough for both parties. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025

But things go more than awry when the ceremonies are accidentally double-booked into the same — and intimate — wedding venue on an Atlanta island. —Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025

Patients who are deemed unlikely to show up for a visit are more likely to be double-booked. —Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2024

Rhymes for double-book

• kinderhook
• meadowbrook
• overlook
• overtook
• pocketbook
• storybook
• tillamook
• undertook
• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook