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double booked

idiom
Meaning

Of a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.


Examples
SIMPLE

I am double booked for my meetings today.

CONTEXTUAL

I cannot attend your lunch because I am double booked with a client meeting at the same time.

COMPLEX

The conference organizer apologized profusely after realizing the main hall was double booked for both the keynote speech and the awards ceremony.

Anchors to
Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    double back

    To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.

  2. 02

    double bookkeeping

    The tendency, among those who experience delusions, to perceive reality and the delusions as both being real, while remaining unbothered by the discrepancy or inconsistencies between the two.

  3. 03

    double in brass

    To perform two or more tasks within the same project or organization.

  4. 04

    double over

    To bend over deeply at the waist.

  5. 05

    double taker

    Something causing someone to do a double take.

  6. 06

    double tap

    A tactical shooting technique of pulling the trigger of a weapon twice in quick succession to deliver two shots to the same target zone.

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