double-team
Two defenders attack
Double-team means to use two people against one, originally from sports where two defenders guard a single offensive player: They double-teamed the star point guard all game.
The concept extends to any situation where two people collaborate to pressure, persuade, or overwhelm one person: My parents double-teamed me about my grades.
In sexual slang, it refers to two people engaging sexually with one partner simultaneously.
Have more members
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
- swarmMass of moving insects
- surroundEnclose on every side
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
ambush · besiege · converge · trap · corner · pressure · engulf · assault
Solid mass, or impede
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- convergeMeet at a point
- containHold within limits
- pressureForce upon contact
intercept · swarm · sandwich · corner · pursuit · tackle · rush · blitz
Team sport with hoops
- footballField sport with goals
- hockeyStick-and-goal sport
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- markVisible impression or sign
coverage · defender · switch · screen · pick-and-roll · man-to-man · zone · press
Organized cooperative movement
- tandemSequential two-person arrangement
- pincerGrasping claw organ
- flankSide of body
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
converge · synchronize · ambush · trap · rotation · assignment · scheme · gameplan
outnumber
Have more members
mob · ambush · besiege · converge · trap · corner · pressure · engulf · assault · bombard
block
Solid mass, or impede
pressure · intercept · swarm · sandwich · corner · pursuit · tackle · rush · blitz · collapse
basketball
Team sport with hoops
mark · coverage · defender · switch · screen · pick-and-roll · man-to-man · zone · press · matchup
coordination
Organized cooperative movement
encirclement · converge · synchronize · ambush · trap · rotation · assignment · scheme · gameplan · formation
double-teamman-to-man
Direct and honest
one-on-one · man coverage · man-to-man defense · zone defense
double-teamgo it alone
Proceed without help
single-handed · outnumbered · one-on-one · solo effort · unassisted
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