Dictionary

take turns en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive, polite) 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

Forms

Synonyms

take in turn · take it in turns · alternate

Translations (27)

pt revezar (do the same thing one after another) · uk чергува́тися (do the same thing one after another) · es turnarse (do the same thing one after another) · cmn 交替 (do the same thing one after another) · it avvicendarsi (do the same thing one after another) · da skiftes ad (do the same thing one after another) · es alternarse (do the same thing one after another) · ru чередоваться (do the same thing one after another) · ru сменяться (do the same thing one after another) · fi vuorotella (do the same thing one after another) · es rotarse (do the same thing one after another) · is skiptast á (do the same thing one after another) · chr ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᎭ (do the same thing one after another) · hu felváltva (do the same thing one after another) · cmn 輪班 /轮班 (do the same thing one after another) · fr faire quelque chose à tour de rôle (do the same thing one after another) · nl om de beurt (do the same thing one after another) · nb rullere (do the same thing one after another) · pl robić na zmianę (do the same thing one after another) · sv turas om (do the same thing one after another) · cmn 輪換 /轮换 (do the same thing one after another) · ga sealaíocht a dhéanamh (do the same thing one after another) · ga ar a seal (do the same thing one after another) · de sich abwechseln (do the same thing one after another) · nl elkaar afwisselen (do the same thing one after another) · fr se relayer (do the same thing one after another) · cmn 倒替 (do the same thing one after another)