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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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double-date

[double-date] {v.}, {informal} To go on a double date; date with another couple. * /John and Nancy and Mary and Bill double-date./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

double date

[double date] {n.}, {informal} A date on which two couples go together. * /John and Nancy went with Mary and Bill on a double date./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

to date

[to date] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Up to the present time; until now. * /To date twenty students have been accepted into the school./ * /The police have not found […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

out of date

[out of date] {adj. phr.} Old fashioned; superseded; no longer valid; too old to be used. * /Father's suit is out of date; he needs a new one./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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