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• double team

Verb

to double-team ‎(third-person singular simple present double-teams, present participle double-teaming, simple past and past participle double-teamed)

1. (transitive, sports) In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
   • 1949, "Stop St. Louis!," Time, 24 Jan.:

     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.

2. (transitive, by extension) To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.
   • 2008, Kathy Kiely, "Clinton, Obama step up attacks at South Carolina debate," USA Today, 21 Jan. (retrieved 6 Jan. 2009):

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

3. (slang, transitive, of two people) To double penetrate someone.
   • 2015. Double Lucky. Jackie Collins. 2015.

     He and M.J. had double-teamed her—with her consent—on a drunken prom night.

4. (slang, transitive) To gang up on someone.
   • 2012. Out of Her Shadow.Eleanor Choukas Anderson. Pg. 557.

     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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• double-team at OneLook Dictionary Search