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Meaning of take turns | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.

intransitive, polite

Equivalents

العربية تبادل تناوب
Bosanski zaredati заредати
Deutsch abwechseln sich abwechseln
Español alternarse rotarse turnarse
Suomi vuorotella
Français faire quelque chose à tour de rôle se relayer
Hrvatski zaredati заредати
Magyar felváltva
Bahasa Indonesia berganti-ganti bergilir bergiliran
Íslenska skiptast á
Italiano avvicendarsi
日本語 交代
한국어 도 번갈다
Nederlands elkaar afwisselen om de beurt
Português revezar
Русский сменяться чередова́ться
Српски zaredati заредати
Svenska turas om
Українська чергуватися
Tiếng Việt cắt lượt cắt phiên luân phiên thay phiên

Examples

“We take turns to answer the phone.”
“Round-robin scheduling arranges to have all teams or players take turns playing each other”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

take umbrage take under take under advisement take underwing take up take up a collection

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