go into a huddle

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

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

Again demurring, I asked to make a phone call – which prompted the assembled police to go into a huddle.

From The Guardian

If one of the 21 American republics were attacked, all of them would go into a huddle, and if two-thirds of them agreed to crack down on the aggressor, all 21 would have to go along.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somehow, somewhere, sometime, this family will have to go into a huddle on these wedding signals, or I'm going to find myself with a lot of uniforms—and no clothes.

From Project Gutenberg

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