double date

noun

: a date participated in by two couples
double-date intransitive verb

Examples of double date in a Sentence

Would you two ladies like to go on a double date with me and my friend?
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Most recently in October, Lively and Reynolds, 48, had a double date night with Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce in New York City. Marina Watts, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025 Swift, Kelce, 35, and the Mahomes have also been photographed on double dates, everywhere from New York (the foursome famously sat together at the U.S. Open over the summer) to Europe (Brittany shared a photo from their double date amid Swift's European leg of the Eras Tour in July). Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 Need to know what the double dates between them and Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are like. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 Of their collaboration on the 2020 comedy thriller Horse Girl, Brie told Paste Magazine about going on hikes and double dates with the filmmaker. Chloe Veltman, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for double date 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double date was circa 1931

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“Double date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20date. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.

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