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Take turns   /teɪk tərnz/   Listen
Take turns

verb
1.
Do something in turns.  Synonym: alternate.






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"Take turns" Quotes from Famous Books



... far, and it will not take us long. Let us get over to the southern bank and we shall make a start. If madame tires, De Catinat, we shall take turns to ...
— The Refugees • Arthur Conan Doyle

... one thing to start with," said Johnson, glaring around the forecastle: "we'll take turns at bringin' grub and cleanin' up the forecastle. Another thing: I've sailed in these wind-jammers enough to know my work; and that's more than you fellows know, by the looks of you. I don't want your ...
— "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea • Morgan Robertson

... Constance arching her eyebrows,—"we are to taste the sweets of domestic life—you as head of the family will go to sleep in the dormeuse, and Florence and I shall take turns in yawning ...
— Queechy • Susan Warner

... you go off alone on a long swim, I'm going with you. Now what shall we do with the baby? The tide will turn before long and I s'pose we could get him to camp. He'd go along all right, but it would be a mile swim, though we could take turns at it." ...
— Dick in the Everglades • A. W. Dimock

... your help, I think so, yes. I have made all arrangements. The club has given us this room in absolute privacy for forty-eight hours. Your meals will be served here when you want them, and I am going to ask you, gentlemen, to take turns watching and guarding the ring during that time. ...
— The Girl in the Golden Atom • Raymond King Cummings


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