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Definition of Take turns

1. Verb. Do something in turns. "We take turns on the night shift"

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Turns

take the count take the field take the Fifth take the Fifth Amendment take the floor take the road take the stage take the stand take the veil take time by the forelock

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Literary usage of Take turns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Immigration Problem: A Study of American Immigration Conditions and Needs by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, William Jett Lauck, Rufus Daniel Smith (1911)
"The different members of the group take turns in doing the cooking and the housework. It is hardly necessary to say that, as unsatisfactory as are the ..."

2. Handbook of Kansas Libraries, 1902 by University of Kansas Libraries (1903)
"The members take turns in caring for the library, which is open every Saturday afternoon. There are now 700 volumes in the library. ..."

3. National Education in Europe: Being an Account of the Organization by Henry Barnard (1854)
"The students- will take turns weekly, two by two, to attend upon the horse in the afternoons These turns are not to be shifted from one to another without ..."

4. The Immigration Problem: A Study of American Immigration Conditions and Needs by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, William Jett Lauck, Rufus Daniel Smith (1911)
"The different members of the group take turns in doing the cooking and the housework. It is hardly necessary to say that, as unsatisfactory as are the ..."

5. Handbook of Kansas Libraries, 1902 by University of Kansas Libraries (1903)
"The members take turns in caring for the library, which is open every Saturday afternoon. There are now 700 volumes in the library. ..."

6. National Education in Europe: Being an Account of the Organization by Henry Barnard (1854)
"The students- will take turns weekly, two by two, to attend upon the horse in the afternoons These turns are not to be shifted from one to another without ..."

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