double-book
verb
double-booked; double-booking; double-books
1
: to make plans for (someone or something) to be in two different places at the same time
My husband and I are double-booked for/on Friday night.
2
: to promise a room, seat, table, etc., to two different people or groups at the same time
The airline double-booked my seat.
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Halford, who, like Ozzy, is from Birmingham, England, was, unfortunately, double-booked on July 5, slated to play a 60th anniversary show with the Scorpions in Hanover, Germany that day.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2025
As the next hangout date approached, the woman cleaned up her house again, purchased plenty of food and wine and her partner arranged to go out once more — before the friend suddenly canceled again, saying that she had accidentally double-booked.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 July 2025
The Nicholas Stoller written and directed movie, follows two weddings that are double-booked at the same venue, with the father of one bride and the sister of another bride try to preserve the wedding weekend.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 June 2025
The pop star’s Thursday, May 15, Lifetimes Tour concert was double-booked with the Nuggets’ vs. Thunder Game 6 — the third of the Nuggets’ home games in the series.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Major federal enforcement followed a Boston Globe Spotlight Team series in 2015 that revealed for the first time the controversy of double-booking patients for surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Where to watch:Peacock ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Weddings are double-booked at the same island inn venue for a devoted girl dad (Will Ferrell) marrying off his daughter (Geraldine Viswanathan) and a reality TV producer (Reese Witherspoon) planning a big day for her little sister (Meredith Hagner).
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
When a reservation mishap leads to Jim’s daughter, Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan), and Margot’s sister, Neve (Meredith Hagner), being double-booked to marry at the same small island inn over the same weekend, Jim and Margot channel their anxieties into what escalates into a nuptial war.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Halford, who, like Ozzy, is from Birmingham, England, was, unfortunately, double-booked on July 5, slated to play a 60th anniversary show with the Scorpions in Hanover, Germany that day.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2025
As the next hangout date approached, the woman cleaned up her house again, purchased plenty of food and wine and her partner arranged to go out once more — before the friend suddenly canceled again, saying that she had accidentally double-booked.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 July 2025
The Nicholas Stoller written and directed movie, follows two weddings that are double-booked at the same venue, with the father of one bride and the sister of another bride try to preserve the wedding weekend.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 June 2025
The pop star’s Thursday, May 15, Lifetimes Tour concert was double-booked with the Nuggets’ vs. Thunder Game 6 — the third of the Nuggets’ home games in the series.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Major federal enforcement followed a Boston Globe Spotlight Team series in 2015 that revealed for the first time the controversy of double-booking patients for surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Where to watch:Peacock ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Weddings are double-booked at the same island inn venue for a devoted girl dad (Will Ferrell) marrying off his daughter (Geraldine Viswanathan) and a reality TV producer (Reese Witherspoon) planning a big day for her little sister (Meredith Hagner).
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
When a reservation mishap leads to Jim’s daughter, Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan), and Margot’s sister, Neve (Meredith Hagner), being double-booked to marry at the same small island inn over the same weekend, Jim and Margot channel their anxieties into what escalates into a nuptial war.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Double-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-book. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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