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swap over

swap over verb: to exchange, change over (positions etc.).

Verb

swap over (third-person singular simple present swaps over, present participle swapping over, simple past and past participle swapped over)

  1. To exchange, change over (positions etc.)
    • There's a change of driver halfway at Crianlarich. Glasgow crews bring the 35-year-old Class 156 north, then wait to take over the next train back south. Crews from Mallaig, Oban and Fort William take their trains from the coast to Crianlarich and swap over. There's a tiny rest room on the...2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, pages 37-38

Forms of swap over

third-person singular presentswaps over
present participleswapping over
past participleswapped over
pastswapped over

Words formed from swap over

Questions about swap over

What does swap over mean?
Swap over means to exchange, change over (positions etc.).
What part of speech is swap over?
Swap over is a verb.
What is the past tense of swap over?
The past tense of swap over is swapped over.

Words near swap over in the dictionary

  1. swap lines
  2. swap meet
  3. swap meets
  4. swap out
  5. swap outs
  6. swap over
  7. swap partition
  8. swap partitions
  9. swap places
  10. swap shop
  11. swap shops

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