go into a huddle

Idioms and Phrases

Gather together privately to talk about or plan something, as in The attorneys went into a huddle with their client before asking the next question . Although huddle has been used since the 16th century in the sense of “a crowded mass of things,” the current usage comes from football, where the team goes into a huddle to decide on the next play. [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

I noticed Deidre and Jilly assess me and suddenly go into a huddle.

From Literature

“Every one of the five or six men present, including Ernest, was busy getting his hands and his lab coat dirty. Every now and again they would go into a huddle, like a football team, to call the signals for the next play. But every man was a quarterback; a suggestion from the newest and youngest recruit would be considered and acted upon with as much respect as one proposed by Stan or Ernest. The whole scene was a far cry from my idea of scientific research.”

From Literature

At least Tiny finally shuts up, whereupon I begin staring at my watch and wondering whether this is what happens at a GSA meeting—maybe the three of us just sit here for an hour in silence with Tiny Cooper periodically rendering the room toxically uncomfortable with his un- subtle comments, and then at the end we go into a huddle and shout GO GAY! or something.

From Literature

Dancers pull or lean on or support one another, seamlessly execute simultaneous solos that suddenly become identical and then again different and go into a huddle while crossing the stage.

From New York Times

With the prospect of no deal looming, the European and Indian delegations were urged to go “into a huddle” in the middle of the conference hall and work out a compromise.

From Economist

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