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DOUBLE-TEAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double-team mean? 

DOUBLE-TEAM (verb)
  The verb DOUBLE-TEAM has 1 sense:

1. cover with two defensive playersplay

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE-TEAM used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOUBLE-TEAM (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with two defensive players

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "double-team" is one way to...):

cover (protect or defend (a position in a game))

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


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