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swapped places

swapped places is the simple past and past participle of swap places.

Meaning of swap 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

Questions about swapped places

What is swapped places the simple past and past participle of?
Swapped places is the simple past and past participle of swap places.

Words near swapped places in the dictionary

  1. swapped
  2. swapped horses in midstream
  3. swapped in
  4. swapped out
  5. swapped over
  6. swapped places
  7. swapped spit
  8. swapper
  9. swappers
  10. swappie
  11. swappiness

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