"take turns" meaning in English

See take turns in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes turns [present, singular, third-person], taking turns [participle, present], took turns [past], taken turns [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> turns}} take turns (third-person singular simple present takes turns, present participle taking turns, simple past took turns, past participle taken turns)
  1. (intransitive, polite) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately. Tags: intransitive, polite Synonyms: alternate (english: for two people), take it in turns Translations (do the same thing one after another): ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᎭ (adanetliyvsdiha) (Cherokee), 輪班 /轮班 (lúnbān) (Chinese Mandarin), 輪換 /轮换 (lúnhuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 交替 (jiāotì) (Chinese Mandarin), 倒替 (dǎotì) (Chinese Mandarin), skiftes ad (Danish), vuorotella (Finnish), se relayer (French), faire quelque chose à tour de rôle (French), sich abwechseln (German), avvicendarsi (Italian), rullere (Norwegian Bokmål), robić na zmianę [imperfective] (Polish), revezar (Portuguese), сменяться (smenjatʹsja) (Russian), чередоваться (čeredovatʹsja) (Russian), turnarse (Spanish), alternarse (Spanish), rotarse (Spanish), turas om (Swedish), чергува́тися (čerhuvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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        "Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately."
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        "(intransitive, polite) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately."
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          "english": "for two people",
          "word": "alternate"
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          "word": "take it in turns"
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          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "adanetliyvsdiha",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᎭ"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lúnbān",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "輪班 /轮班"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lúnhuàn",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiāotì",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "交替"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǎotì",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "倒替"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "skiftes ad"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "vuorotella"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "se relayer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "faire quelque chose à tour de rôle"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "sich abwechseln"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "avvicendarsi"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "rullere"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "robić na zmianę"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "revezar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smenjatʹsja",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "сменяться"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čeredovatʹsja",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "чередоваться"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "turnarse"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "alternarse"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "rotarse"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "word": "turas om"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čerhuvátysja",
          "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "чергува́тися"
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      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāotì",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "交替"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎotì",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "倒替"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "skiftes ad"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "vuorotella"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "se relayer"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "faire quelque chose à tour de rôle"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "sich abwechseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "avvicendarsi"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "rullere"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
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      "word": "robić na zmianę"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "revezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smenjatʹsja",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "сменяться"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čeredovatʹsja",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "чередоваться"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "turnarse"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "alternarse"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "rotarse"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
      "word": "turas om"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čerhuvátysja",
      "sense": "do the same thing one after another",
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      "word": "чергува́тися"
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  "word": "take turns"
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