swap places

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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
    • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      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.