GO INTO A HUDDLE

v. phr. 1. To gather close together as a team in a football game, usually to find out your team's next play. The football team which has the ball goes into a huddle before every play to get orders on what play they will use. 2. informal To talk together privately about something; discuss something where others cannot hear. The man went into a huddle with his lawyers before answering the question. The doctors went into a huddle and decided to operate.