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.
Examples of double-book in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The defendants would double-book properties through numerous listings of the same property, prosecutors said.
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Antonio Planas, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
Patients who are deemed unlikely to show up for a visit are more likely to be double-booked.
—Darius Tahir, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
And as part of the new offering, staff at firms that subscribe to Microsoft’s Copilot will theoretically be able to send their AI assistants to meetings in their place—effectively enabling them to skip or double-book meetings and turn their attention to other work.
—Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
The military was suddenly double-booked on the original polling day.
—Matt Mossman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2015
In early February, a near-collision occurred after an air traffic controller double-booked a runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
In one case earlier this month, an air traffic controller may have double-booked a runway at a Texas airport, sending two jetliners on a course for a potential collision, which was averted, according to officials.
—Jay Blackman, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
Antonio Planas, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
Patients who are deemed unlikely to show up for a visit are more likely to be double-booked.
—Darius Tahir, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
And as part of the new offering, staff at firms that subscribe to Microsoft’s Copilot will theoretically be able to send their AI assistants to meetings in their place—effectively enabling them to skip or double-book meetings and turn their attention to other work.
—Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
The military was suddenly double-booked on the original polling day.
—Matt Mossman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2015
In early February, a near-collision occurred after an air traffic controller double-booked a runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
In one case earlier this month, an air traffic controller may have double-booked a runway at a Texas airport, sending two jetliners on a course for a potential collision, which was averted, according to officials.
—Jay Blackman, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
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“Double-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-book. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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