"by turns" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "1995, Robin Sweeney, “Too Butch to Be Bi (or You Can't Judge a Boy by Her Lover)”, in Naomi Tucker, Liz Highleyman, Rebecca Kaplan, editors, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, Binghamton: The Haworth Press, page 185",
          "text": "I am by turns angry and amused. I am the butchest of the three roommates; obviously she thought I was the most likely to get over my “bisexual phase.”",
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        "One after the other; successively; alternating."
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "word": "in turn"
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          "word": "in turns"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
          "word": "felváltva"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
          "word": "til skiptis"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
          "word": "a rotazione"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "alternately",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
          "word": "växelvis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "implying disorder",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
          "word": "om vartannat"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
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        "At intervals; from time to time."
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        "(obsolete) At intervals; from time to time."
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  "word": "by turns"
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          "ref": "1995, Robin Sweeney, “Too Butch to Be Bi (or You Can't Judge a Boy by Her Lover)”, in Naomi Tucker, Liz Highleyman, Rebecca Kaplan, editors, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, Binghamton: The Haworth Press, page 185",
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        "One after the other; successively; alternating."
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        "At intervals; from time to time."
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        "(obsolete) At intervals; from time to time."
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
      "word": "felváltva"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
      "word": "til skiptis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
      "word": "a rotazione"
    },
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      "english": "alternately",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
      "word": "växelvis"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "english": "implying disorder",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
      "word": "om vartannat"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "One after the other; successively; alternating",
      "word": "ömsom"
    }
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  "word": "by turns"
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