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taken turns

taken turns is the past participle of take turns.

Meaning of take turns

Verb

take turns (third-person singular simple present takes turns, present participle taking turns, simple past took turns, past participle taken turns)

  1. (intransitive, polite) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.
    • We take turns to answer the phone.

Questions about taken turns

What is taken turns the past participle of?
Taken turns is the past participle of take turns.

Words near taken turns in the dictionary

  1. taken to the skies
  2. taken to the sky
  3. taken to the streets
  4. taken to wife
  5. taken too far
  6. taken turns
  7. taken umbrage
  8. taken under
  9. taken under advisement
  10. taken underwing
  11. taken up

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