Synonyms for take turns
take turns

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1. take turnsverb

   Synonyms:
   alternate, take it in turns

2. take turnsverb

   Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another.

   Synonyms:
   alternate, take it in turns

3. take turnsverb

   To assume a place in a sequence of successions.

   Synonyms:
   alternate, take it in turns

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1. alternate, take turnsverb

   do something in turns

   "We take turns on the night shift"

   Synonyms:
   switch, alternate, flip, understudy, tack, flip-flop, jump, interchange

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1. Ihab Nasser:

   We're terrified. We take turns to sleep and there's always someone keeping guard.

2. Huang Haojie:

   We take turns to rest and work once every other day, and then basically everyone works nearly 12 hours on that day.

3. Drell Szyfer:

   There is very little at work that is' that important' that I can't also make time for the times I'm needed at school, my husband and I do take turns and I do miss some things, but I also make a lot more [ of them ] than I used to. Having a child who just graduated from high school helps to put a lot in perspective -- I spent time at her graduation thinking about how fast it all went and all the foolish decisions I made that prevented me from' being there.'.

4. Javier Soch and Seth Ortega:

   The game is no different, when we’re walking around we take turns we kind of glance at the phone while the other looks up and around, it’s just something that we’re taught to do.

5. Lise Vesterlund:

   If we know that women are more likely to volunteer, we shouldn't ask for volunteers. Take turns, put names in a hat and draw one, changing the practices for how we allocate this work is a key step.