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in pairs

in pairs prepositional phrase: in groups of two individuals or items.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In groups of two individuals or items.
    • Whenever possible locomotives make the journey in pairs between Waterloo and Nine Elms, in order to minimise line occupation.1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 265

in pairs meaning in Myanmar

in pairs in Myanmar

in twos
ဒွယံဒွယံ dwa.yamdwa.yam, အစုံအစုံ a.cum-a.cum

Questions about in pairs

What does in pairs mean?
In pairs means in groups of two individuals or items.
What is in pairs in Myanmar?
In pairs in Myanmar is ဒွယံဒွယံ (dwa.yamdwa.yam), အစုံအစုံ (a.cum-a.cum). See In pairs meaning in Myanmar.
What part of speech is in pairs?
In pairs is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in pairs in the dictionary

  1. in order to
  2. in ordinary
  3. in other news
  4. in other words
  5. in otherwords
  6. in pairs
  7. in pampers
  8. in parallel
  9. in pari materia
  10. in part
  11. in partibus infidelium

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