take turns
Example Sentences
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Things happen like this in history, countries take turns, sometimes gradual, sometimes abrupt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
She and her husband usually take turns pushing their 18-month-old daughter in a tricycle along the pathway and get their steps in.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Someone has brought a megaphone; residents take turns leading chants.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026
Two teams take turns to slide granite stones down a 45m-plus sheet of ice towards a target, with those 20kg stones accompanied on their journey by two players brushing furiously.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
We take turns dribbling the ball in a figure eight around cones and then pass to each other.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
