Antonyms for take turnstake 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

How to use take turns in a sentence?

1. Ihab Nasser:

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

2. Adam Sharp:

   There's this element of all the companies hand-wringing until one of them takes a step, and then in a few minutes, everyone does it, nobody wants to be the first, and they just take turns on who is going to be the first one to go that time around. Then they all' Thelma and Louise' it and make the call.

3. Huang Haojie:

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

4. Ancient Simian Proverb:

   Plato described in great detail a plan for government in which philosophers would take turns ruling the less able people of the country. As you may remember, Plato and his friends were philosophers.

5. 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.

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