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double dating

double dating is the present participle and gerund of double date.

Meaning of double date

Verb

double date (third-person singular simple present double dates, present participle double dating, simple past and past participle double dated)

  1. To go on a double date.
    • The trouble was, I knew that guy Stradlater’s technique. That made it even worse. We once double-dated, in Ed Banky’s car, and Stradlater was in the back, with his date, and I was in the front with mine.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 64

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What is double dating the present participle and gerund of?
Double dating is the present participle and gerund of double date.

Words near double dating in the dictionary

  1. double dares
  2. double daring
  3. double date
  4. double dated
  5. double dates
  6. double dating
  7. double dative
  8. double day
  9. double days
  10. double deal
  11. double dealer

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