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Double-team

verb, slang

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  1. 1
    In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player. transitive

    "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. 2
    cover with two defensive players wordnet
  3. 3
    To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people. broadly, transitive

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

  4. 4
    To double penetrate someone. slang, transitive

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

  5. 5
    To gang up on someone, as a group of two. slang, transitive

    "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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