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BUDDY SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does buddy system mean?
• BUDDY SYSTEM (noun)
The noun BUDDY SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming)
Familiarity information: BUDDY SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("buddy system" is a kind of...):
pairing (the act of grouping things or people in pairs)
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