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.
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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).
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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
Upon arriving at the wedding venue, the two learn the space has accidentally been double-booked, and that both wedding parties will need to accommodate the other for each wedding to happen as planned.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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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
Upon arriving at the wedding venue, the two learn the space has accidentally been double-booked, and that both wedding parties will need to accommodate the other for each wedding to happen as planned.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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