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turn and turn about

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

By equal alternating periods of service or duty; by turns.

not-comparable

Examples

“[...] the three streamliners, still on their 29½ hr. schedule, start at 9.40 a.m., also turn-and-turn-about, and so arranged that the 9.0 and 9.40 a.m. departures are by different routes each day; [...].”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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