plus one
A friend or partner whom one brings along to an eventA friend or partner whom one brings along to an event; a guest of a guest.
» Let me be your plus one.
Meaning
1 sensesA friend or partner whom one brings along to an event; a guest of a guest.
mit Begleitung, und Begleitung, Begleitung
Examples
29 sentencesLet me be your plus one.
How much is two plus one?
Скільки буде два плюс один?
Nine hundred and ninety-nine plus one is one thousand.
Дев`ятсот дев`яносто дев`ять додати один, буде тисяча.
ruДевятьсот девяносто девять плюс один будет тысяча.
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one makes a whole, and two minus one equals zero.
A majority is half plus one.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From guest lists reading “John Doe + 1” meaning “John Doe plus one (unspecified) guest”. LFrom guest lists reading “John Doe + 1” meaning “John Doe plus one (unspecified) guest”. Later generalized to invitations, particularly as an alternative to explicitly inviting both members of a couple: the invitee is welcome to bring a guest, be it a spouse, companion, date, friend, etc.
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