take turns
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take turns
verb takes turns · taking turns · took turns · taken turns
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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.
Similar: alternate, take in turn, take it in turns
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verb do the same thing one after another
| Español | turnarse, alternarse, rotarse |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 輪班 /轮班 lúnbān, 輪換 /轮换 lúnhuàn, 交替 jiāotì, 倒替 dǎotì |
| Português | revezar |
| Français | se relayer, faire quelque chose à tour de rôle |
| Deutsch | sich abwechseln |
| Italiano | avvicendarsi |
| Русский | сменяться smenjatʹsja, чередоваться čeredovatʹsja |
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