Word info

dos a dos

Speech parts

1. dos a dos - Noun

2. dos a dos - Adverb

Meaning

A move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other.

(historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back.

dos a dos (not comparable)

Back to back.
to sit dos a dos on a camel
to dance dos a dos, so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

dos-a-dos

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