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Complete Definition of "take turns"

English
Verb
to take turns

  1. intransitive Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another.

#*We take turns to answer the phone.
#* round-robin|Round-robin scheduling arranges to have all teams or players take turns playing each other

  1. intransitive To assume a place in a sequence of successions.

#*I took my turn at the wheel.
#*
You can take your turn now.

Synonyms
alternate (for two people)
take it in turns

Translations
trans-top|do the same thing one after another
Chinese: è½®ç­, è½®æ¢, 交æ¿
Finnish: vuorotella
Russian: ÑменÑÑÑÑÑ, ÑеÑедоваÑÑÑÑ

it:take turns
ja:take turns

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