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swap places

swap places verb: synonym of change places.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of change places.
    • The pair were sitting together at the dining table in Auntie Flip’s little house. The boy had had the tiniest inkling that his great-aunt wouldn’t like the idea of swapping places with his dad in prison, but he wasn’t giving up yet. Frank took a bite of his quiche. As usual, it tasted horrible.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    change places

Synonyms of swap places

Forms of swap places

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

Questions about swap places

What does swap places mean?
Swap places means synonym of change places.
What part of speech is swap places?
Swap places is a verb.
What is the past tense of swap places?
The past tense of swap places is swapped places.

Words near swap places in the dictionary

  1. swap out
  2. swap outs
  3. swap over
  4. swap partition
  5. swap partitions
  6. swap places
  7. swap shop
  8. swap shops
  9. swap space
  10. swap spaces
  11. swap spit

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