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swapping places

swapping places is the present participle and gerund 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 swapping places

What is swapping places the present participle and gerund of?
Swapping places is the present participle and gerund of swap places.

Words near swapping places in the dictionary

  1. swapping
  2. swapping horses in midstream
  3. swapping in
  4. swapping out
  5. swapping over
  6. swapping places
  7. swapping spit
  8. swappings
  9. swapportunities
  10. swapportunity
  11. swaps

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