It Takes Two to Tango Idiom Meaning

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It Takes Two to Tango It takes two to tango means that, during a difficult situation, disagreement, dispute, etc. two parties are involved and both of them must bear some responsibility for the situation. For example, if a person bribes a police officer to get out of trouble and the police officer accepts the bribe, sealing the deal, both are guilty...it takes two to tango. More generally, it takes two to tango means that a certain thing requires two people in order to happen. Some things cannot happen by one person acting alone; cooperation is needed.

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The dances shown in the video aren't necessarily the Tango. They are used to represent two people dancing, in general just as in the idiom 'the tango' really just refers to dancing. That is 'tango' in American English, can often mean 'dance.'

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