take turns
English edit
Verb edit
take turns (third-person singular simple present takes turns, present participle taking turns, simple past took turns, past participle taken turns)
- (intransitive) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.
- We take turns to answer the phone.
- Round-robin scheduling arranges to have all teams or players take turns playing each other
Synonyms edit
- alternate (for two people)
- take it in turns
Translations edit
do the same thing one after another
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