[double-header] {n.} Two games or contests played one right after the other, between the same two teams or two different pairs of teams.
The Yankees and the Dodgers played a double-header Sunday afternoon.
We went to a basketball double-header at Madison Square Garden and saw Seton Hall play St. John’s and N. Y. U. play Notre Dame.
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Значение идиомы double-header